Pardosa
(Thin-legged Wolf Spiders)

Pardosa, commonly known as Thin-legged Wolf Spiders, is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. Pardosa spiders have been sighted 71 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Pardosa includes 7 countries and 17 states in the United States. Pardosa 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: Pardosa

Common Name (AAS)

Thin-legged Wolf Spiders

Other Common Names

Wolf Spiders

Author

Carl Ludwig Koch, 1847

Sightings Overview

There have been 71 confirmed sightings of Pardosa (Thin-legged Wolf Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on April 4, 2025 by Spider ID member burning. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 71 sightings because of certain Pardosa sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 1% of the time, Pardosa spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 71)
Sex: 11 female and 9 male.
Environment: Pardosa has been sighted 84 times outdoors, and 7 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (20). Low foliage (16). Ground layer (27). Under rock or debris (6). Freshwater river, lake, stream (5). Saltwater (1). Open field, pasture, grassland (2). Forest (3). Cave (1). Desert area (3).

Location and Range

Pardosa (Thin-legged Wolf Spiders) has been sighted in the following countries: Belgium, Canada, Greece, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, United States.

Pardosa has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin.