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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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wolf spider eating another spider - Schizocosa
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

wolf spider eating another spider - Schizocosa
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
June 17, 2006
This Lycosid was hiding at the edge of a rock that this other spider was on.

When the other spider ran off the rock, it was ambushed by the wolf spider.

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Contributed by tom murray on 17 June, 2006 - 8:20pm
Last updated 4 January, 2014 - 11:16pm

Moved
Moved from Gladicosa gulosa.
… Laura P., 4 January, 2014 - 11:16pm login or register to post comments

I think this looks a lot like...
your Schizocosa avida:


I'm going to move this one, I hope you don't mind.
… Laura P., 4 January, 2014 - 11:16pm login or register to post comments

Schizocosa vibes
I always get more of a Schizocosa vibe when I see this one. It has a different look to it than the other Gladicosa gulosa. I can't prove anything yet, but just wanted to make a note. :-)
… Mandy Howe, 16 April, 2013 - 5:26am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Wolf Spiders.
… tom murray, 13 February, 2011 - 8:22am login or register to post comments

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