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Great Fox-Spider

Alopecosa fabrilis

142 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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25 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 42, February 31, March 49, April 77, May 111, June 121, July 129, August 111, September 82, October 61, November 33, December 26.
United States873
Alaska873
Denmark10
Sweden8
France8
Île-de-France8
United Kingdom6
England6
Germany5
Nordjylland5

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
GenusFox Spiders · Alopecosa

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Great Fox-Spider with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.