Peucetia

Peucetia is a genus of spiders in the family Oxyopidae. Peucetia spiders have been sighted 30 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Peucetia includes 4 countries and 10 states in the United States. Peucetia is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of September.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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

Author

Tamerlan Teodor Thorell, 1869

Sightings Overview

There have been 30 confirmed sightings of Peucetia, with the most recent sighting submitted on November 21, 2023 by Spider ID member ldmayo. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 30 sightings because of certain Peucetia sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 27% of the time, Peucetia spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 30)
Sex: 7 female and 2 male.
Environment: Peucetia has been sighted 34 times outdoors, and 2 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (13). On flower (6). Low foliage (11). High foliage (1). Forest (1). Desert area (2).

Location and Range

Peucetia has been sighted in the following countries: India, Mexico, Thailand, United States.

Peucetia has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Arizona, California, Georgia, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas.