Santa Rosa Wolf Spider

Arctosa sanctaerosae · Order: Araneae · Family: Lycosidae

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Santa Rosa Wolf Spider
Photo: Ray Fisher, CC BY

The Santa Rosa wolf spider (Arctosa sanctaerosae) is found in the United States. Its habitat and native range are both within the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

It is recorded as occurring in the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

Its habitat is reported to be within the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

The species is native to the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 2 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Florida, Alabama.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Santa Rosa Wolf Spider photo 2
Photo: Josie Dowd, CC BY

Same family (Lycosidae)

Rabid Wolf SpiderRabid Wolf SpiderRabidosa rabidaCan biteWetland Giant Wolf SpiderWetland Giant Wolf SpiderTigrosa helluoCan biteCarolina Wolf SpiderCarolina Wolf SpiderHogna carolinensisCan biteRadiated Wolf SpiderRadiated Wolf SpiderHogna radiataTigrosa annexaTigrosa annexaGeorgia Wolf SpiderGeorgia Wolf SpiderTigrosa georgicola

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctosa_sanctaerosae

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-29 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-29.

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