Taxonomic Hierarchy
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Suborder: Araneomorphae
- Family: Theridiidae
- Genus: Steatoda
Other Common Names
False Black Widows, Cupboard Spiders, Cobweb Weavers, Cobweb Spiders, Cob Web Spiders, Comb-footed Spiders, Tangle-web Spiders, Gumfoot-web Spiders
Author
Carl Jakob Sundevall, 1833
Sightings Overview
There have been 785 confirmed sightings of Steatoda (False Widows), with the most recent sighting submitted on April 19, 2024 by Spider ID member no-vice. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 785 sightings because of certain Steatoda sightings reporting incomplete data.
- Web: 31% of the time, Steatoda spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 785)
- Sex: 40 female and 125 male.
- Environment: Steatoda has been sighted 232 times outdoors, and 580 times indoors.
- Outdoors: Man-made structure (157). Low foliage (13). High foliage (4). Ground layer (18). Under rock or debris (32). Freshwater river, lake, stream (1). Open field, pasture, grassland (5). Forest (1). Desert area (1).
Location and Range
Steatoda (False Widows) has been sighted in the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cyprus, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam.
Steatoda has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
Seasonality
Steatoda has been primarily sighted during the month of April.
- January: 48
- February: 69
- March: 128
- April: 170
- May: 140
- June: 35
- July: 17
- August: 16
- September: 12
- October: 68
- November: 26
- December: 56