Meta menardi
(European Cave Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Meta menardi, commonly known as European Cave Spider, belongs to the genus Meta, in the family Tetragnathidae. Meta menardi spiders have been sighted 9 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Meta menardi includes 4 countries and 0 states in the United States. Meta menardi 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: Meta
Species: Meta menardi

Other Common Names

European Cave Spider

Author

Pierre André Latreille, 1804

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Sightings Overview

There have been 9 confirmed sightings of Meta menardi (European Cave Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on February 20, 2020 by Spider ID member woodsman. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 9 sightings because of certain Meta menardi sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 33% of the time, Meta menardi spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 9)
Sex: 0 female and 1 male.
Environment: Meta menardi has been sighted 8 times outdoors, and 3 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (4). Ground layer (1). Under rock or debris (1). Forest (1). Cave (1).