Trochosa ruricola

Featured spider picture The spider species Trochosa ruricola belongs to the genus Trochosa, in the family Lycosidae. Trochosa ruricola spiders have been sighted 17 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Trochosa ruricola includes 3 countries and 8 states in the United States. Trochosa ruricola 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
Species: Trochosa ruricola

Author

(De Geer, 1778)

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Sightings Overview

There have been 17 confirmed sightings of Trochosa ruricola, with the most recent sighting submitted on May 26, 2019 by Spider ID member lexivolleyball2. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 17 sightings because of certain Trochosa ruricola sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 12% of the time, Trochosa ruricola spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 17)
Sex: 2 female and 3 male.
Environment: Trochosa ruricola has been sighted 10 times outdoors, and 7 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (3). Ground layer (4). Under rock or debris (3).

Location and Range

Trochosa ruricola has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, United Kingdom, United States.

Trochosa ruricola has also been sighted in the following states: Idaho, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Wisconsin.