Pholcus

Pholcus is a genus of spiders in the family Pholcidae. Pholcus spiders have been sighted 70 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Pholcus includes 2 countries and 27 states in the United States. Pholcus is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of March.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Pholcus

Author

Charles Athanase Walckenaer, 1805

Sightings Overview

There have been 70 confirmed sightings of Pholcus, with the most recent sighting submitted on December 14, 2025 by Spider ID member phenix17. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 70 sightings because of certain Pholcus sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 46% of the time, Pholcus spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 70)
Sex: 7 female and 8 male.
Environment: Pholcus has been sighted 9 times outdoors, and 61 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (9).

Location and Range

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

Pholcus has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin.