Taxonomic Hierarchy
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Suborder: Araneomorphae
- Family: Theridiidae
- Genus: Parasteatoda
Author
Allan Frost Archer, 1946
Sightings Overview
There have been 82 confirmed sightings of Parasteatoda, with the most recent sighting submitted on June 5, 2020 by Spider ID member detcord. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 82 sightings because of certain Parasteatoda sightings reporting incomplete data.
- Web: 73% of the time, Parasteatoda spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 81)
- Sex: 21 female and 20 male.
- Environment: Parasteatoda has been sighted 44 times outdoors, and 39 times indoors.
- Outdoors: Man-made structure (37). Low foliage (1). Ground layer (1). Under rock or debris (4). Freshwater river, lake, stream (1).
Location and Range
Parasteatoda has been sighted in the following countries: Argentina, Canada, Netherlands, United States.
Parasteatoda has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin.
Seasonality
Parasteatoda has been primarily sighted during the month of May.
- January: 2
- February: 4
- March: 14
- April: 15
- May: 18
- June: 8
- July: 8
- August: 2
- September: 2
- October: 7
- November: 2
- December: