Leucauge festiva
(Masked Vlei Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Leucauge festiva, commonly known as Masked Vlei Spider, belongs to the genus Leucauge, in the family Tetragnathidae. Leucauge festiva spiders have been sighted 5 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Leucauge festiva includes 1 countries and 0 states in the United States. Leucauge festiva is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of April.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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

Other Common Names

Masked Vlei Spider, Festive Vlei Spider

Author

(Blackwall, 1866)

Primary Colors

Sightings Overview

There have been 5 confirmed sightings of Leucauge festiva (Masked Vlei Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on January 12, 2024 by Spider ID member jeanruvjaarsveld. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 5 sightings because of certain Leucauge festiva sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 100% of the time, Leucauge festiva spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 5)
Sex: 0 female and 0 male.
Environment: Leucauge festiva has been sighted 8 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (3). Low foliage (1). High foliage (2). Ground layer (2).