Sicariidae
(Six-eyed Sicariid Spiders)

The spider family Sicariidae, commonly known as Six-eyed Sicariid Spiders, have been sighted 112 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Sicariidae includes 8 countries and 18 states in the United States. Sicariidae is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of May.

Overview

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sicariidae

Common Name (AAS)

Sixeyed Sicariid Spiders

Other Common Names

Recluse Spiders, Violin Spiders, Six-eyed Brown Spiders, Six-eyed Sand Spiders, Assassin Spiders

Author

Eugen von Keyserling, 1880

Sightings Overview

There have been 112 confirmed sightings of Sicariidae (Six-eyed Sicariid Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on June 16, 2019 by Spider ID member harding-family. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 112 sightings because of certain Sicariidae sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 6% of the time, Sicariidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 93)
Sex: 18 female and 42 male.
Environment: Sicariidae has been sighted 11 times outdoors, and 86 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (3). Ground layer (2). Under rock or debris (3). Forest (2). Desert area (1).

Location and Range

Sicariidae (Six-eyed Sicariid Spiders) has been sighted in the following countries: Algeria, France, Israel, Mexico, Qatar, Spain, United States, Zimbabwe.

Sicariidae has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia.