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 42 confirmed sightings of Trachelidae (Ground Sac Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on January 2, 2019 by Spider ID member cheekychopx. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 42 sightings because of certain Trachelidae sightings reporting incomplete data.
- Web: 8% of the time, Trachelidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 37)
- Sex: 5 female and 5 male.
- Environment: Trachelidae has been sighted 10 times outdoors, and 28 times indoors.
- Outdoors: Man-made structure (5). Low foliage (2). Ground layer (3).
Location and Range
Trachelidae (Ground Sac Spiders) has been sighted in the following countries: Mexico, United States.
Trachelidae has also been sighted in the following states: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Texas, Washington, D.C..
Seasonality
Trachelidae has been primarily sighted during the month of October.
- January: 2
- February: 2
- March: 5
- April: 2
- May: 5
- June:
- July: 2
- August:
- September: 5
- October: 16
- November: 1
- December: 1
Additional Remarks
- There are two different spider families with similar spelling; careful not to confuse Trachelidae for Trechaleidae, or vice versa.