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Wetland Giant Wolf Spider

tigrosa helluo

The Wetland Giant Wolf Spider is a fascinating creature that is great at hunting! With its long legs and fast movements, it can catch insects in a flash!

Lebensraum: Wetlands, marshes, and near ponds or lakes.

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The Wetland Giant Wolf Spider is a large, robust spider with a hairy body, typically dark brown or grey. It often features darker stripes or blotches on its abdomen and a distinctive pale stripe on its cephalothorax, setting it apart from smaller wolf spiders.

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Wetland Giant Wolf Spider
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Wetland Giant Wolf Spider

Kategorie

Invertebrate

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Female wolf spiders are known to carry their babies on their backs like a furry backpack!

If a wolf spider loses a leg, it can regrow a new one when it molts its old skin!

They have excellent night vision, making them formidable hunters after the sun sets.

Unlike most spiders, wolf spiders don't spin webs to catch food; they chase it down!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Prowling Predator

Wetland Giant Wolf Spiders can sprint quickly and have excellent vision because of their eight eyes, helping them actively hunt prey on the ground.

Fähigkeit

Nurturing Navigator

Wetland Giant Wolf Spiders have a unique ability to carry their egg sac and then their baby spiders on their back, protecting them from danger.

Fähigkeit

Aquatic Ambusher

Wetland Giant Wolf Spiders can run across water surfaces and even dive beneath the water, helping them escape predators or catch aquatic prey.

Maße und Details

Länge
2.2 cm
Gewicht
1 g
Lebenserwartung
1.5 Jahre
Gelegegröße
150-250

Ernährung und Fütterung

These agile hunters eat many small insects and other tiny creatures.

Hauptnahrung

  • Crickets
  • Grasshoppers
  • Flies
  • Smaller Spiders
  • Beetle Larvae

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Fall Field Cricket

Gryllus pennsylvanicus

a common insect prey in its habitat

eaten by

Spider Wasp

Anoplius americanus

This wasp paralyzes spiders to lay eggs on them

hunts

Yellow Fever Mosquito

Aedes aegypti

These spiders help control mosquito populations near water

eaten by

Virginia Opossum

Didelphis virginiana

Opossums are opportunistic omnivores that prey on spiders

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Giant Wolf SpiderTigrosa SpiderWetland Spider

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always observe spiders from a distance and do not touch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Wetland Giant Wolf Spider?

2.2 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Wetland Giant Wolf Spider?

1 g

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Wetland Giant Wolf Spider?

1.5 Jahre

Was frisst Wetland Giant Wolf Spider?

These agile hunters eat many small insects and other tiny creatures.

Wo findet man Wetland Giant Wolf Spider normalerweise?

Wetlands, marshes, and near ponds or lakes.

Wie jagt Wetland Giant Wolf Spider?

Pursuit

Was ist der/die/das gelegegröße von Wetland Giant Wolf Spider?

150-250

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