Trochosa ruricola explained

Trochosa ruricola is a wolf spider whose common name is rustic wolf spider. The females are but can reach, and the males are . Both sexes are dark brown and have a pale band that runs down to the carapace and continues to the abdomen.

The spider hunts on the ground and often gets caught in pitfall traps.[1] Females carry an egg sac around on their abdomen for around 3 weeks until spiderlings emerge and gather on the mother's back.

Its habitat is in grassland, woodland, scrub, and lawns of temperate Asia, Europe, and North America.[2] Its distribution: "Europe to China, Japan, Korea. Introduced to North America, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Bermuda".[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Trochosa ruricola in Cornwall . 2009-09-13 . Hopkin . Steve . Stevehopkin.co.uk .
  2. Web site: Rustic wolf spider, Trochosa ruricola . 2016-01-11 . Natural History Museum .
  3. Web site: Trochosa ruricola. World Spider Catalog. 24 August 2017.