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Arctosa

Arctosa is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. Arctosa spiders have been sighted 17 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Arctosa includes 2 countries and 9 states in the United States. Arctosa is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of May.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Class: Arachnida
  • Order: Araneae
  • Suborder: Araneomorphae
  • Family: Lycosidae
  • Genus: Arctosa

Author

Sundevall,1833

Sightings Overview

There have been 17 confirmed sightings of Arctosa, with the most recent sighting submitted on May 12, 2024 by Spider ID member lilgothicchick. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 17 sightings because of certain Arctosa sightings reporting incomplete data.

  • Web: 0% of the time, Arctosa spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 17)
  • Sex: 1 female and 1 male.
  • Environment: Arctosa has been sighted 8 times outdoors, and 11 times indoors.
  • Outdoors: Man-made structure (2). Ground layer (4). Forest (2).

Location and Range

Arctosa has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, United States.

Arctosa has also been sighted in the following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah.

Seasonality

Arctosa has been primarily sighted during the month of May.

  • January: 1
  • February:
  • March: 1
  • April: 5
  • May: 6
  • June: 1
  • July: 1
  • August: 1
  • September:
  • October:
  • November: 1
  • December:

Arctosa Species


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