Monday, April 12, 2010

Wolfspider


Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
No Taxon: (Entelegynes)
Family: Lycosidae

Numbers
Over 200 species in North America

Size
Body: 3 - 35mm long

Identification
These spider have eight dark eyes of unequal size arranged in three rows, the first having four eyes. The abdomen and the cephalothorax are usually as long as wide. The long legs have three microscopic claws at each tip.

Range
Found throughout North America

Food
Mainly insects

Life Cycle
The male courts potential mates by rhythmically waving his pedipalps. The female spins a spherical egg sac, attaches it to her spinnerets, and drags it about until the spiderlings emerge. The young clamber about on the female’s back and are carried until they are ready to disperse .

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