Uloboridae
(Cribellate Orb-weavers)

The spider family Uloboridae, commonly known as Cribellate Orb-weavers, have been sighted 32 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Uloboridae includes 12 countries and 8 states in the United States. Uloboridae is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of March.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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

Other Common Names

Cribellate Orb-weavers, Hackled Orb-weavers

Author

Thorell, 1869

Sightings Overview

There have been 32 confirmed sightings of Uloboridae (Cribellate Orb-weavers), with the most recent sighting submitted on October 17, 2019 by Spider ID member tangledweb. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 32 sightings because of certain Uloboridae sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 69% of the time, Uloboridae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 32)
Sex: 2 female and 2 male.
Environment: Uloboridae has been sighted 23 times outdoors, and 10 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (6). Low foliage (9). High foliage (4). Ground layer (3). Under rock or debris (1).

Location and Range

Uloboridae (Cribellate Orb-weavers) has been sighted in the following countries: Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, India, Netherlands, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, United States.

Uloboridae has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, California, Florida, Mississippi, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, Wisconsin.