Trochosa

Trochosa is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. Trochosa spiders have been sighted 63 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Trochosa includes 9 countries and 25 states in the United States. Trochosa 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: Trochosa

Author

Carl Ludwig Koch, 1847

Sightings Overview

There have been 63 confirmed sightings of Trochosa, with the most recent sighting submitted on April 1, 2024 by Spider ID member tangledweb. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 63 sightings because of certain Trochosa sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 5% of the time, Trochosa spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 63)
Sex: 7 female and 5 male.
Environment: Trochosa has been sighted 39 times outdoors, and 30 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (12). Low foliage (4). Ground layer (15). Under rock or debris (6). Open field, pasture, grassland (2).

Location and Range

Trochosa has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, Czech Republic, Hungary, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States.

Trochosa has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin.