Verrucosa

Verrucosa is a genus of spiders in the family Araneidae. Verrucosa spiders have been sighted 13 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Verrucosa includes 1 countries and 10 states in the United States. Verrucosa is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of August.

Overview

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Verrucosa

Author

Henry Christopher McCook, 1888

Sightings Overview

There have been 13 confirmed sightings of Verrucosa, with the most recent sighting submitted on September 15, 2025 by Spider ID member petrichor. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 13 sightings because of certain Verrucosa sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 85% of the time, Verrucosa spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 13)
Sex: 2 female and 1 male.
Environment: Verrucosa has been sighted 14 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (4). Low foliage (1). High foliage (8). Forest (1).

Location and Range

Verrucosa has been sighted in the following countries: United States.

Verrucosa has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia.

Seasonality

Verrucosa has been primarily sighted during the month of August.

January:
February:
March:
April:
May: 1
June: 2
July: 1
August: 4
September: 2
October: 3
November:
December:

Verrucosa Species

Verrucosa arenata
(Arrowhead Orb-weaver)

13 pictures