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Species Gladicosa gulosa

large wolf spider - Gladicosa gulosa - female

wolf spider with egg case - Gladicosa gulosa

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynes)

Family Lycosidae (Wolf Spiders)

Genus Gladicosa

Species gulosa (Gladicosa gulosa)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Lycosa gulosa

Explanation of Names

Author of the name: Walckenaer.

Size

Female: 11-14 mm

Male: 10-11 mm

Range

New England and adjacent Canada south to Georgia and west to the Rockies. (1)

Works Cited

1.	How to Know the Spiders By B. J. Kaston

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 26 March, 2006 - 11:40am
Additional contributions by Lynette
Last updated 13 September, 2009 - 12:04am

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