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Lycosidae Carrying young on her back. Looking closely you can make out the baby spiders ^_^ Parental care,Rustic wolf spider,Trochosa ruricola Click/tap to enlarge

Lycosidae

Carrying young on her back. Looking closely you can make out the baby spiders ^_^

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"Trochosa ruricola" is a wolf spider whose common name is Rustic wolf spider. The females are 15 millimeters but can reach 25 millimeters, and the males are 10 millimeters. Both sexes are dark brown and has a pale band that runs down to the carapace and continues to the abdomen. Their habitat is in grassland, woodland, scrub, and lawns that are in Asia, Europe, and North America. The spider hunts on the ground and often gets caught in pitfall traps.

Females carry an egg sac around on.. more

Similar species: Spiders
Species identified by Darryl Lane
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By Darryl Lane

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Uploaded Jun 13, 2015. Captured Jun 13, 2015 14:36.
  • Canon EOS 5D Mark III
  • f/10.0
  • 1/197s
  • ISO100
  • 65mm