The spider species Acacesia hamata belongs to the genus Acacesia, in the family Araneidae. Acacesia hamata spiders have been sighted 2 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Acacesia hamata includes 1 countries and 2 states in the United States. Acacesia hamata is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of September.
Acacesia hamata is a species of spider in the orb weaver family, Araneidae. It is typically found in summer months of the eastern half of the United States, south to Argentina. Acacesia hamata is the only species of Acacesia normally found in the United States.
Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Acacesia
Species: Acacesia hamata
Author：Hentz, 1847
Sightings Overview
There have been 2 confirmed sightings of Acacesia hamata, with the most recent sighting submitted on July 24, 2018 by Spider ID member friel. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 2 sightings because of certain Acacesia hamata sightings reporting incomplete data.
Web: 50% of the time, Acacesia hamata spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 2)
Sex: 1 female and 1 male.
Environment: Acacesia hamata has been sighted 2 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: Low foliage (2).
Location and Range
Acacesia hamata has been sighted in the following countries: United States.
Acacesia hamata has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Kentucky.
