Thanatus

Taxonomic Hierarchy

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Arthropoda
• Class: Arachnida
• Order: Araneae
• Suborder: Araneomorphae
• Family: Philodromidae
• Genus: Thanatus

Author

Carl Ludwig Koch, 1837

Sightings Overview

There have been 12 confirmed sightings of Thanatus, with the most recent sighting submitted on February 17, 2025 by Spider ID member kusapheal. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 12 sightings because of certain Thanatus sightings reporting incomplete data.

• Web: 25% of the time, Thanatus spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 12)
• Sex: 3 female and 0 male.
• Environment: Thanatus has been sighted 12 times outdoors, and 5 times indoors.
• Outdoors: Man-made structure (1). Low foliage (2). High foliage (1). Ground layer (3). Under rock or debris (2). Open field, pasture, grassland (2). Forest (1).

Location and Range

Thanatus has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom, United States.

Thanatus has also been sighted in the following states: Colorado, Florida, Kentucky, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming.

Seasonality

Thanatus has been primarily sighted during the month of May.

• January: 1
• February: 2
• March:
• April: 3
• May: 4
• June:
• July:
• August: 1
• September:
• October:
• November:
• December: 1