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genus

Brush-legged Spiders

Schizocosa

Includes
14 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Schizocosa is a genus of wolf spiders (family Lycosidae) containing 56 species (as of 2025), distributed in North and South America, Africa, and East and Southeast Asia.

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  • Lance Wolf Spider native
  • McCook's Split Wolf Spider native
  • Brush-legged Split Wolf Spider presumed native
  • Schizocosa maxima presumed native
  • Schizocosa retrorsa presumed native
  • Schizocosa rovneri presumed native
  • Schizocosa minnesotensis native
  • Schizocosa perplexa presumed native
  • Schizocosa crassipes presumed native
  • Schizocosa ceratiola native
  • Schizocosa saltatrix native
  • Schizocosa bilineata presumed native
  • Schizocosa aulonia presumed native
  • Schizocosa salsa
  • Schizocosa crassipalpata
  • Schizocosa uetzi
  • Schizocosa stridulans presumed native
  • Schizocosa communis
  • Schizocosa floridana
  • Schizocosa humilis
  • Schizocosa mimula

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native brush-legged spiders All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Lance Wolf Spider Schizocosa avida 6,068 observations
  • McCook's Split Wolf Spider Schizocosa mccooki 5,256 observations
  • Schizocosa minnesotensis 165 observations
  • Schizocosa ceratiola 136 observations
  • Schizocosa saltatrix 55 observations

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