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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae) » Trochosa » Trochosa ruricola
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SPIDER Hairy and Dark - Trochosa ruricola
Copyright © 2020 ejturbert

SPIDER Hairy and Dark - Trochosa ruricola
West Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
May 1, 2020
Size: unknown - my grandson's p
On Ground, Grey with a little hair. Are they eggs or detritus next
to?
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Contributed by ejturbert on 30 June, 2020 - 4:44pm
Last updated 2 July, 2020 - 1:50pm

I don't know ...
what that is next to her. It does resemble spider egg sacs though I'm not sure that's what it is, if it were hers though it would only be one ball that she would carry under her spinnerets and not a cluster like that.
… Laura P., 2 July, 2020 - 1:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Trochosa Ruricola -
Thanks for your observation, Laura. It likeley eliminates the objects as her own egg sack. Perhaps she predates on others?
Now I have a name, so I can search around for info on behaviors.
Yrs,
Ed T
… ejturbert, 3 July, 2020 - 10:12am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Wolf Spiders.
… Laura P., 2 July, 2020 - 1:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved for review
Moved from ID Request. Trochosa I believe.
… Chad Heins, 1 July, 2020 - 10:45am login or register to post comments

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