Rustic wolf spider

Trochosa ruricola

"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 their abdomen for around 3 weeks until spiderlings emerge and gather on the mother's back.
Status: Unknown
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassArachnida
OrderAraneae
FamilyLycosidae
GenusTrochosa
Species
Photographed in
Netherlands