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 188 confirmed sightings of Leucauge (Silver Orb-weaver), with the most recent sighting submitted on April 16, 2024 by Spider ID member sheekie101. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 188 sightings because of certain Leucauge sightings reporting incomplete data.
- Web: 91% of the time, Leucauge spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 188)
- Sex: 14 female and 6 male.
- Environment: Leucauge has been sighted 214 times outdoors, and 10 times indoors.
- Outdoors: Man-made structure (108). On flower (3). Low foliage (58). High foliage (22). Ground layer (9). Freshwater river, lake, stream (2). Open field, pasture, grassland (4). Forest (7). Cave (1).
Location and Range
Leucauge (Silver Orb-weaver) has been sighted in the following countries: Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, India, Mexico, Philippines, South Africa, 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, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin.
Seasonality
Leucauge has been primarily sighted during the month of May.
- January: 4
- February: 7
- March: 31
- April: 33
- May: 73
- June: 14
- July: 2
- August: 1
- September: 2
- October: 15
- November: 4
- December: 2
Additional Remarks