Trachelidae
(Ground Sac Spiders)

The spider family Trachelidae, commonly known as Ground Sac Spiders, have been sighted 70 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Trachelidae includes 3 countries and 24 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 70 confirmed sightings of Trachelidae (Ground Sac Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on November 21, 2023 by Spider ID member bridget-hulsizer. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 70 sightings because of certain Trachelidae sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 6% of the time, Trachelidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 70)
Sex: 1 female and 5 male.
Environment: Trachelidae has been sighted 11 times outdoors, and 60 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, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, D.C..