Trachelas

Trachelas is a genus of spiders in the family Trachelidae. Trachelas spiders have been sighted 66 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Trachelas includes 2 countries and 23 states in the United States. Trachelas 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
Genus: Trachelas

Author

Ludwig Carl Christian Koch, 1872

Sightings Overview

There have been 66 confirmed sightings of Trachelas, 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 66 sightings because of certain Trachelas sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 6% of the time, Trachelas spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 66)
Sex: 0 female and 5 male.
Environment: Trachelas has been sighted 9 times outdoors, and 58 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (5). Low foliage (3). Ground layer (1).

Location and Range

Trachelas has been sighted in the following countries: Mexico, United States.

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