Leucauge argyrobapta
(Mabel Orchard Orb-weaver)

Featured spider picture The spider species Leucauge argyrobapta, commonly known as Mabel Orchard Orb-weaver, belongs to the genus Leucauge, in the family Tetragnathidae. Leucauge argyrobapta spiders have been sighted 80 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Leucauge argyrobapta includes 1 countries and 8 states in the United States. Leucauge argyrobapta 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
Species: Leucauge argyrobapta

Other Common Names

Mabel Orchard Orb-weaver

Author

(White, 1841)

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Sightings Overview

There have been 80 confirmed sightings of Leucauge argyrobapta (Mabel Orchard Orb-weaver), with the most recent sighting submitted on November 28, 2019 by Spider ID member tangledweb. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 80 sightings because of certain Leucauge argyrobapta sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 92% of the time, Leucauge argyrobapta spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 74)
Sex: 11 female and 2 male.
Environment: Leucauge argyrobapta has been sighted 85 times outdoors, and 4 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (50). Low foliage (20). High foliage (11). Ground layer (2). Open field, pasture, grassland (1). Forest (1).

Location and Range

Leucauge argyrobapta (Mabel Orchard Orb-weaver) has been sighted in the following countries: United States.

Leucauge argyrobapta has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas.