Tigrosa

Tigrosa is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. Tigrosa spiders have been sighted 436 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Tigrosa includes 2 countries and 35 states in the United States. Tigrosa 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: Tigrosa

Author

Allen R. Brady, 2012

Sightings Overview

There have been 436 confirmed sightings of Tigrosa, with the most recent sighting submitted on August 9, 2025 by Spider ID member gajtguy. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 436 sightings because of certain Tigrosa sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 5% of the time, Tigrosa spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 435)
Sex: 67 female and 23 male.
Environment: Tigrosa has been sighted 242 times outdoors, and 236 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (88). Low foliage (8). High foliage (6). Ground layer (98). Under rock or debris (20). Freshwater river, lake, stream (5). Saltwater (2). Open field, pasture, grassland (9). Forest (6).

Location and Range

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

Tigrosa has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin.