Uloborus glomosus
(Feather-legged Orb-weaver)

Featured spider picture The spider species Uloborus glomosus, commonly known as Feather-legged Orb-weaver, belongs to the genus Uloborus, in the family Uloboridae. Uloborus glomosus spiders have been sighted 7 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Uloborus glomosus includes 2 countries and 4 states in the United States. Uloborus glomosus is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of June.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Uloboridae
Genus: Uloborus
Species: Uloborus glomosus

Common Name (AAS)

Featherlegged Orbweaver

Author

Walckenaer, 1841

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Sightings Overview

There have been 7 confirmed sightings of Uloborus glomosus (Feather-legged Orb-weaver), with the most recent sighting submitted on August 3, 2023 by Spider ID member soggycoffee. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 7 sightings because of certain Uloborus glomosus sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 57% of the time, Uloborus glomosus spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 7)
Sex: 0 female and 0 male.
Environment: Uloborus glomosus has been sighted 6 times outdoors, and 1 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (1). Low foliage (2). High foliage (1). Ground layer (1). Under rock or debris (1).