Meta ovalis
(Cave Orb-weaver)

Taxonomic Hierarchy

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Arthropoda
• Class: Arachnida
• Order: Araneae
• Suborder: Araneomorphae
• Family: Tetragnathidae
• Genus: Meta
• Species: Meta ovalis

Other Common Names

Cave Orb-weaver

Author

Willis J. Gertsch, 1933

Primary Colors

Sightings Overview

There have been 11 confirmed sightings of Meta ovalis (Cave Orb-weaver), with the most recent sighting submitted on August 19, 2019 by Spider ID member cavespider. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 11 sightings because of certain Meta ovalis sightings reporting incomplete data.

• Web: 27% of the time, Meta ovalis spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 11)
• Sex: 2 female and 2 male.
• Environment: Meta ovalis has been sighted 7 times outdoors, and 6 times indoors.
• Outdoors: Man-made structure (2). Ground layer (1). Freshwater river, lake, stream (1). Cave (3).

Location and Range

Meta ovalis (Cave Orb-weaver) has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, United States.

Meta ovalis has also been sighted in the following states: Connecticut, Maine, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Wisconsin.

Seasonality

Meta ovalis has been primarily sighted during the month of May.

• January: 1
• February:
• March:
• April:
• May: 3
• June:
• July: 1
• August: 1
• September:
• October: 2
• November: 1
• December: 2