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Koch's Wolf Spider

Alopecosa kochi

9,637 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 California.January 416, February 515, March 770, April 916, May 542, June 311, July 156, August 121, September 198, October 333, November 335, December 269.
California7,183
United States2,204
Canada143
Colorado143
Arizona124
British Columbia107
Washington102
Nevada94
Mexico86
Baja California86

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

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