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lance wolf spider

Schizocosa avida

6,236 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 58, February 56, March 118, April 130, May 101, June 71, July 56, August 33, September 39, October 42, November 55, December 53.
United States1,717
Texas662
Ohio193
Kansas191
Illinois175
Kentucky93
Canada82
Ontario82
Virginia58
Maryland49

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • VenomousProduces venom for defense or huntingFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassArachnids · Arachnida
OrderSpiders · Araneae
FamilyWolf Spiders · Lycosidae
GenusBrush-legged Spiders · Schizocosa

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