sheet-web weaver, any member of the family Linyphiidae Linyphiidaea rather common group of small spiders (order Araneida) , a rather common group of spiders numbering about 2,000 species . They occur worldwide. Most are less than 6 millimetres mm (14 inch) in length and are seldom seen. Their webs are flat and sheetlike or and dome- or cup-shaped. The spider is usually found usually on the lower side of the web and often between two layers of webbing. The hammock spider (Linyphia phrygiana), native to North America, builds a hammock-shaped web.