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Ground wolf spider

Trochosa terricola

4,319 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 843, February 623, March 976, April 1,535, May 2,213, June 2,413, July 2,582, August 2,221, September 1,630, October 1,217, November 665, December 520.
United States18,688
Alaska17,437
Canada1,873
Maine604
New Brunswick427
Quebec393
Ontario322
British Columbia259
Alberta167
Nunavut126

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
GenusTrochosa

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