Taxonomic Hierarchy
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Suborder: Araneomorphae
- Family: Theridiidae
Common Name (AAS
)
Cobweb Weavers
Other Common Names
Cobweb Spiders, Cob Web Spiders, Comb-footed Spiders, Tangle-web Spiders, Gumfoot-web Spiders
Author
Carl Jakob Sundevall, 1833
Sightings Overview
There have been 848 confirmed sightings of Theridiidae (Cobweb Weavers), with the most recent sighting submitted on February 15, 2019 by Spider ID member gas. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 848 sightings because of certain Theridiidae sightings reporting incomplete data.
- Web: 37% of the time, Theridiidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 720)
- Sex: 159 female and 159 male.
- Environment: Theridiidae has been sighted 270 times outdoors, and 482 times indoors.
- Outdoors: Man-made structure (162). On flower (1). Low foliage (25). High foliage (11). Ground layer (23). Under rock or debris (28). Freshwater river, lake, stream (5). Open field, pasture, grassland (5). Forest (5). Desert area (5).
Location and Range
Theridiidae (Cobweb Weavers) has been sighted in the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Curacao, Cyprus, Denmark, Ecuador, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Jordan, Korea, South, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Portugal, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Vietnam.
Theridiidae has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, None, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
Seasonality
Theridiidae has been primarily sighted during the month of May.
- January: 71
- February: 59
- March: 109
- April: 113
- May: 159
- June: 66
- July: 28
- August: 31
- September: 19
- October: 91
- November: 20
- December: 63