Uloboridae
(Cribellate Orb-weavers)

The spider family Uloboridae, commonly known as Cribellate Orb-weavers, have been sighted 25 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Uloboridae includes 9 countries and 5 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 25 confirmed sightings of Uloboridae (Cribellate Orb-weavers), with the most recent sighting submitted on March 7, 2019 by Spider ID member gakurans. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 25 sightings because of certain Uloboridae sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 64% of the time, Uloboridae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 25)
Sex: 2 female and 2 male.
Environment: Uloboridae has been sighted 18 times outdoors, and 8 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (3). Low foliage (9). High foliage (3). Ground layer (3).

Location and Range

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

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