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Wolf Spiders
Lycosidae
Wolf spiders are members of the family Lycosidae, from the Ancient Greek word "λύκος" meaning "wolf". They are robust and agile hunters with excellent eyesight. They live mostly in solitude and hunt alone, and do not spin webs. Some are opportunistic hunters pouncing upon prey as they find it or even chasing it over short distances. Some will wait for passing prey in or near the mouth of a burrow.
27 branches of this family, most-observed first
Lycosinae
subfamilyLycosinae
Pardosinae
subfamilyPardosinae
Tricassinae
subfamilyTricassinae
Pirate Wolf Spiders and Allies
subfamilyZoicinae
Artoriinae
subfamilyArtoriinae
Sosippinae
subfamilySosippinae
Allocosinae
subfamilyAllocosinae
Hippasinae
subfamilyHippasinae
Evippinae
subfamilyEvippinae
Venoniinae
subfamilyVenoniinae
Kuncosa
genusKuncosa
Donacosa
genusDonacosa
Foveosa
genusFoveosa
Bogdocosa
genusBogdocosa
Deliriosa
genusDeliriosa
Dorrigocosa
genusDorrigocosa
Mini Wolf Spiders
genusMinicosa
Loongcosa
genusLoongcosa
Satta
genusSatta
Melecosa
genusMelecosa
Adelocosa
genusAdelocosa
Nukuhiva
genusNukuhiva
Caspicosa
genusCaspicosa
Gulocosa
genusGulocosa
Asiacosa
genusAsiacosa
Pandacosa
genusPandacosa
Houcosa
genusHoucosa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47416.