


While dangerous to insects, their bite contains low venom levels and poses little risk to humans. They prey on many different insects considered pests to humans, so many people considered them useful. They only live about a year, and once they lay their eggs, they lose most of their weight and die. Their legs end in double claws, and the front pair is up to two times longer than the other three pairs. Cat-faced spiders build their webs in areas with plenty of sunlight such as walls along buildings, overhangs, and around woodpiles. The cat-faced spiders are similar to the type of spider as Charlotte from Charlotte’s Web. They can be identified by their pale green or light brown body, with darker brown palpi and chelicerae. Ground layer (4).Īraneus gemmoides (Cat-faced Spider) has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, United States.Īraneus gemmoides has also been sighted in the following states: Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, Washington. Common name: northern yellow sac spider Fully Grown Northern Yellow Sac Spiders typically range between 7mm10mm in size. Environment: Araneus gemmoides has been sighted 15 times outdoors, and 3 times indoors.Web: 44% of the time, Araneus gemmoides spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 16) The common cat face spider is representative of orb weaver spiders of Family Araeniidae Order Arachnida Araneus gemmoides.The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 16 sightings because of certain Araneus gemmoides sightings reporting incomplete data. There have been 16 confirmed sightings of Araneus gemmoides (Cat-faced Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on Octoby Spider ID member tjlstill. The cat-faced spider is fairly common in the western United States, their home stretching from Alaska to California and as far east as Colorado.
