Hogna

Hogna is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. Hogna spiders have been sighted 168 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Hogna includes 5 countries and 30 states in the United States. Hogna is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of May.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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

Author

Eugène Simon, 1885

Sightings Overview

There have been 168 confirmed sightings of Hogna, with the most recent sighting submitted on February 28, 2025 by Spider ID member sarahgslaugh. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 168 sightings because of certain Hogna sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 8% of the time, Hogna spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 167)
Sex: 19 female and 21 male.
Environment: Hogna has been sighted 117 times outdoors, and 82 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (40). On flower (2). Low foliage (12). High foliage (1). Ground layer (39). Under rock or debris (2). Freshwater river, lake, stream (5). Open field, pasture, grassland (8). Forest (6). Desert area (2).

Location and Range

Hogna has been sighted in the following countries: Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, United States.

Hogna has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming.