Poecilotheria
(Tiger Spiders)

Poecilotheria, commonly known as Tiger Spiders, is a genus of spiders in the family Theraphosidae. Poecilotheria spiders have been sighted 2 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Poecilotheria includes 2 countries and 0 states in the United States. Poecilotheria is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of April.

Overview

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Poecilotheria

Other Common Names

Tiger Spiders

Author

Simon, 1885

Sightings Overview

There have been 2 confirmed sightings of Poecilotheria (Tiger Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on December 19, 2018 by Spider ID member rickcwest. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 2 sightings because of certain Poecilotheria sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 0% of the time, Poecilotheria spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 2)
Sex: 2 female and 0 male.
Environment: Poecilotheria has been sighted 4 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: High foliage (2). Forest (2).