Meta ovalis
(Cave Orb-weaver)

Featured spider picture The spider species Meta ovalis, commonly known as Cave Orb-weaver, belongs to the genus Meta, in the family Tetragnathidae. Meta ovalis spiders have been sighted 11 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Meta ovalis includes 2 countries and 6 states in the United States. Meta ovalis 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 ovalis

Other Common Names

Cave Orb-weaver

Author

Willis J. Gertsch, 1933

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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).