Thanatus formicinus

Featured spider picture The spider species Thanatus formicinus belongs to the genus Thanatus, in the family Philodromidae. Thanatus formicinus spiders have been sighted 2 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Thanatus formicinus includes 1 countries and 2 states in the United States. Thanatus formicinus is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of February.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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

Author

(Clerck, 1757)

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Sightings Overview

There have been 2 confirmed sightings of Thanatus formicinus, with the most recent sighting submitted on June 12, 2026 by Spider ID member rvwalker. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 2 sightings because of certain Thanatus formicinus sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 0% of the time, Thanatus formicinus spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 2)
Sex: 1 female and 0 male.
Environment: Thanatus formicinus has been sighted 3 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: On flower (1). Low foliage (1). Freshwater river, lake, stream (1).