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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae) » Schizocosa
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Unusual spider burrow - Schizocosa
Copyright © 2012 Debbi Brusco

Unusual spider burrow - Schizocosa
Russian Ridge OSP, San Mateo County, California, USA
September 14, 2012
I'm posting these in the order of discovery and I'll move it to spiders later.
Before sunset, I noticed these stones (each 2-3" in diameter) at the top of a short bank. The arrangement didn't seem natural; I didn't notice other stones in the immediate area. The trail had been worked on earlier in the summer.

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Contributed by Debbi Brusco on 15 September, 2012 - 1:36pm
Last updated 25 February, 2020 - 8:30am

Moved
Moved from Wolf Spiders.
… Laura P., 25 February, 2020 - 8:30am login or register to post comments

Moved
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… Debbi Brusco, 24 September, 2012 - 1:00pm login or register to post comments

Very interesting!
About all I can say is the spider is a Lycosid (wolf spider). Some of them build burrows, so I imagine the burrow was at least the spider's doing. Creative use of a wasp nest! Neat series, hope someone else will be able to shed more light on what's going on.
… Kyron Basu, 15 September, 2012 - 2:56pm login or register to post comments

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