Miturgidae
(Prowling Spiders)

The spider family Miturgidae, commonly known as Prowling Spiders, have been sighted 10 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Miturgidae includes 3 countries and 4 states in the United States. Miturgidae is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of May.

Overview

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Miturgidae

Common Name (AAS)

Prowling Spiders

Author

Simon,1886

Sightings Overview

There have been 10 confirmed sightings of Miturgidae (Prowling Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on January 22, 2025 by Spider ID member cursag3. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 10 sightings because of certain Miturgidae sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 10% of the time, Miturgidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 10)
Sex: 0 female and 0 male.
Environment: Miturgidae has been sighted 5 times outdoors, and 6 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (2). Under rock or debris (2). Desert area (1).