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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae) » Burrowing Wolf Spiders (Geolycosa)
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Wolf Spider den - Geolycosa - female
Copyright © 2015 Shelly Cox

Wolf Spider den - Geolycosa - Female
Fillmore, Andrew County, Missouri, USA
May 16, 2015
Size: 1 inch tall
I found this odd little "nest" today with a wolf spider hiding out inside. Has anyone ever seen a wolf spider build anything like this, or did some other arthropod build it and the spider is using it? I could not get a great picture of the spider because each time I moved to take a picture she darted into the hole. She had an egg sac attached to her abdomen and orangish colored chelicerae.

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Contributed by Shelly Cox on 16 May, 2015 - 4:07pm
Last updated 25 February, 2020 - 8:24am

Moved
Moved from Wolf Spiders.
… Laura P., 25 February, 2020 - 8:24am login or register to post comments

Moved for the experts
Moved from Spiders. Likely Geolycosa
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