Trachelidae
(Ground Sac Spiders)

The spider family Trachelidae, commonly known as Ground Sac Spiders, have been sighted 76 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Trachelidae includes 3 countries and 25 states in the United States. Trachelidae is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of October.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Trachelidae

Other Common Names

Sac Spiders, Ground Sac Spiders

Author

Eugène Simon, 1897

Sightings Overview

There have been 76 confirmed sightings of Trachelidae (Ground Sac Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on December 11, 2024 by Spider ID member florasilk. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 76 sightings because of certain Trachelidae sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 5% of the time, Trachelidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 76)
Sex: 1 female and 6 male.
Environment: Trachelidae has been sighted 11 times outdoors, and 66 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (5). Low foliage (3). Ground layer (3).

Location and Range

Trachelidae (Ground Sac Spiders) has been sighted in the following countries: Brazil, Mexico, United States.

Trachelidae has also been sighted in the following states: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, D.C..