Zosis geniculata
(Grey House Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Zosis geniculata, commonly known as Grey House Spider, belongs to the genus Zosis, in the family Uloboridae. Zosis geniculata spiders have been sighted 13 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Zosis geniculata includes 6 countries and 1 states in the United States. Zosis geniculata is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of December.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Uloboridae
Genus: Zosis
Species: Zosis geniculata

Other Common Names

Grey House Spider, Ninja-star Ceiling Spider

Author

(Olivier, 1789)

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Sightings Overview

There have been 13 confirmed sightings of Zosis geniculata (Grey House Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on December 27, 2019 by Spider ID member julyblues. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 13 sightings because of certain Zosis geniculata sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 77% of the time, Zosis geniculata spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 13)
Sex: 2 female and 1 male.
Environment: Zosis geniculata has been sighted 8 times outdoors, and 6 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (3). Low foliage (3). Ground layer (2).

Location and Range

Zosis geniculata (Grey House Spider) has been sighted in the following countries: Australia, India, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Thailand, United States.

Zosis geniculata has also been sighted in the following states: Florida.