Giant Cellar Spider

Natural history and identification

The giant cellar spider has been collected in old buildings and livestock-feed stores. A study in southern Iraq followed its development under laboratory conditions and documented females carrying egg sacs. Those observations support a building-associated habitat and egg-care account, but laboratory development rates and Iraqi collection seasons are not measurements of its life cycle on Kauaʻi.

Kauaʻi occurrence and evidence

Atlas occurrence category: Present. The Kauaʻi record is classified as “Present”. Its cited evidence source is iNaturalist Kauaʻi checklist.

Account coverage

Published species details have been added. A complete Kauaʻi-specific account of identification, habitat, feeding, reproduction, and population trend is not yet established by the sources linked here.

Names and classification

Scientific name

Artema atlanta

Common names

Giant Cellar Spider

Family

Pholcidae

Order

Araneae

Record type

species

Kauaʻi occurrence and status

Kauaʻi occurrence

Present

Origin

Unknown

Conservation status

Not assessed

Process and seasonal context

Seasonal description

Giant Cellar Spider (Artema atlanta) belongs to Pholcidae in the order Araneae.

Sources and further reading

• iNaturalist Kauaʻi checklist
• Natural history and identification — species source