Ant Sheet-web Weaver

Tennesseellum formica · Order: Araneae · Family: Linyphiidae

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Ant Sheet-web Weaver
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY

Tennesseellum formica is a spider that belongs to the family Linyphiidae. It occurs in North America and the Marshall Islands.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Tennesseellum formica is classified in the spider family Linyphiidae.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

This species lives in North America and the Marshall Islands.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native range includes North America and the Marshall Islands.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 26 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Illinois, New Mexico, Maine, California, Ohio, Colorado, Florida, Arizona.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in Canada; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Ant Sheet-web Weaver photo 2
Photo: F. LaBry, CC BY
Ant Sheet-web Weaver photo 3
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0
Ant Sheet-web Weaver photo 4
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0
Ant Sheet-web Weaver photo 5
Photo: Alex Stach, CC BY

Same family (Linyphiidae)

Bowl-and-doily SpiderBowl-and-doily SpiderFrontinella pyramitelaFilmy Dome SpiderFilmy Dome SpiderNeriene radiataBlack-tailed Red SheetweaverBlack-tailed Red SheetweaverFlorinda coccineaSierra Dome SpiderSierra Dome SpiderNeriene litigiosaHammock spiderHammock spiderPityohyphantes costatusCommon Ground-WeaverCommon Ground-WeaverTenuiphantes tenuis

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennesseellum_formica

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-28 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-28.

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