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Wolf Spider

Arachnids

Wolf spiders are members of the family Lycosidae, named for their robust build, agile hunting and excellent eyesight. They mostly live and hunt alone rather than spinning webs, with some pouncing on prey they encounter or chasing it over short distances and others waiting near a burrow entrance for prey to pass. They resemble nursery web spiders but can be told apart by how they carry their egg sacs, attached to the spinnerets rather than carried in the chelicerae and pedipalps, and by having two notably large, prominent eyes among their eight, where a nursery web spider's eyes are all roughly the same size.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Carnivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
System (Realm)
Marine 2
Relationship to People
Natural Pest Control 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 4
Scientific Name
Lycosidae 1
Identification
Distinguishing Appearance
Two of the eight eyes are large and prominent 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Araneae, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Wolf Spider
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Colombia

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Denmark

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Norway

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Sweden

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United States

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Sources
1. Wolf spider - Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph, family name
    Lycosidae
  • Description
    Two of the wolf spider's eight eyes are large and prominent
  • Relationship to humans
    Wolf spiders are a vital source of natural pest control for many people's gardens or even homes
  • Article text
    Wolf spiders are a vital source of natural pest control for many people's gardens or even homes, since the wolf spider preys on perceived pests such as crickets, ants, cockroaches, and in some cases lizards and frogs.
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2. GBIF Species API
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3. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ10627, descriptionView the Source
4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Arachnida
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 27
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 27
"cites_listing":"II/III/NC","eu_listing":"B/C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Arthropoda","class":"Arachnida","order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Scorpions And Spiders","language":"EN"},{"name":"Araignées","language":"FR"},{"name":"Arañas","language":"ES"},{"name":"蛛形纲","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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Wikidata: Wolf Spider
  • Wikidata Q10627, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Child Taxon Of: Araneae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Araneae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 82
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 82
"cites_listing":"II/III/NC","eu_listing":"B/C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Arthropoda","class":"Arachnida","order":"Araneae","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"蛛形目","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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