Gladicosa

Gladicosa is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. Gladicosa spiders have been sighted 36 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Gladicosa includes 1 countries and 17 states in the United States. Gladicosa is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of April.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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

Author

Allen R. Brady, 1987

Sightings Overview

There have been 36 confirmed sightings of Gladicosa, with the most recent sighting submitted on April 10, 2025 by Spider ID member tangledweb. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 36 sightings because of certain Gladicosa sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 6% of the time, Gladicosa spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 36)
Sex: 3 female and 14 male.
Environment: Gladicosa has been sighted 17 times outdoors, and 21 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (9). Low foliage (1). High foliage (1). Ground layer (2). Under rock or debris (1). Freshwater river, lake, stream (2). Forest (1).

Location and Range

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

Gladicosa has also been sighted in the following states: Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia.