Artema atlanta
(Giant Daddy-long-legs Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Artema atlanta, commonly known as Giant Daddy-long-legs Spider, belongs to the genus Artema, in the family Pholcidae. Artema atlanta spiders have been sighted 5 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Artema atlanta includes 1 countries and 3 states in the United States. Artema atlanta is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of January.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Artema
Species: Artema atlanta

Other Common Names

Giant Daddy-long-legs Spider

Author

Walckenaer, 1837

Primary Colors

Sightings Overview

There have been 5 confirmed sightings of Artema atlanta (Giant Daddy-long-legs Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on March 9, 2025 by Spider ID member kat260. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 5 sightings because of certain Artema atlanta sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 0% of the time, Artema atlanta spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 5)
Sex: 1 female and 2 male.
Environment: Artema atlanta has been sighted 0 times outdoors, and 5 times indoors.
Outdoors: