The spotted wolf spider, Pardosa amentata, is a wolf spider of the family Lycosidae first described by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1757, and the most common Pardosa species found in British gardens. It measures 5 to 8 millimeters long with a brownish body marked by darker brown spots, and has eight eyes arranged for wide vision, including two large forward-facing eyes, four smaller ones, and two more on top of the head for rear and side vision, while females carry their eggs in silk sacs beneath the abdomen. It is widespread across central and northwestern Europe, living in damp open habitats such as grasslands, marshes, fens, moorlands, and bogs, hunting by chasing and leaping on insects, mainly flies, rather than building a web, and moving indoors near windows and into basements to shelter from cold in winter.
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Araneae, Taxa Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Pardosa amentata
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Source Pardosa amentata (Wikipedia)Distribution: EuropeQuote, Distribution: Europe
The species has a widespread distribution in central Europe and northwestern Europe and are commonly found on the British Isles.
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Pardosa amentata, otherwise known as the wolf spider or spotted wolf spider is a species of spider in the genus Pardosa belonging to the family of wolf spiders, Lycosidae.
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The species hunts its prey on the ground rather than weaving a web.
View the Source2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Pardosa amentata
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"canonicalName": "Pardosa amentata"
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