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Shoreline Wolf Spider

Arctosa littoralis

6,053 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 Texas.January 58, February 55, March 63, April 119, May 73, June 35, July 51, August 35, September 66, October 87, November 54, December 53.
United States3,677
Canada959
Texas656
Ontario591
California387
Michigan297
Arizona228
Massachusetts199
Oklahoma172
New York162

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
GenusBear Spiders · Arctosa

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