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Burnt Wolf Spider

Xerolycosa nemoralis

1,605 observations in the source records

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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 154, February 114, March 178, April 280, May 404, June 440, July 471, August 405, September 297, October 222, November 121, December 95.
United States3,180
Alaska3,180
Finland97
Germany95
Austria73
Poland68
Russia59
France52
Sweden40
Uusimaa34

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
GenusXerolycosa

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