Oxyopes

Oxyopes is a genus of spiders in the family Oxyopidae. Oxyopes spiders have been sighted 42 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Oxyopes includes 11 countries and 5 states in the United States. Oxyopes is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of May.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Oxyopidae
Genus: Oxyopes

Author

Pierre André Latreille, 1804

Sightings Overview

There have been 42 confirmed sightings of Oxyopes, with the most recent sighting submitted on March 20, 2025 by Spider ID member tangledweb. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 42 sightings because of certain Oxyopes sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 10% of the time, Oxyopes spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 42)
Sex: 2 female and 6 male.
Environment: Oxyopes has been sighted 39 times outdoors, and 4 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (12). On flower (2). Low foliage (18). High foliage (2). Ground layer (2). Freshwater river, lake, stream (1). Open field, pasture, grassland (2).

Location and Range

Oxyopes has been sighted in the following countries: Australia, Canada, India, Nepal, New Zealand, Philippines, Portugal, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand, United States.

Oxyopes has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, California, New Hampshire, Texas.