Leucauge
(Silver Orb-weaver)

Leucauge, commonly known as Silver Orb-weaver, is a genus of spiders in the family Tetragnathidae. Leucauge spiders have been sighted 183 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Leucauge includes 2 countries and 25 states in the United States. Leucauge is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of May.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Tetragnathidae
Genus: Leucauge

Other Common Names

Silver Orb-weaver, Silver Marsh Spider, Silver Vlei Spider

Author

Adam White, 1841

Sightings Overview

There have been 183 confirmed sightings of Leucauge (Silver Orb-weaver), with the most recent sighting submitted on December 5, 2025 by Spider ID member kiranixa. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 183 sightings because of certain Leucauge sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 93% of the time, Leucauge spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 183)
Sex: 11 female and 8 male.
Environment: Leucauge has been sighted 209 times outdoors, and 8 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (109). On flower (2). Low foliage (58). High foliage (20). Ground layer (5). Freshwater river, lake, stream (4). Open field, pasture, grassland (2). Forest (9).

Location and Range

Leucauge (Silver Orb-weaver) has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, United States.

Leucauge has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin.