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Wolf-spider (Wolfsspinne)

Alopecosa

Description:

Alopecosa is a spider genus in the family Lycosidae (wolf spiders), with about 140 species and several subspecies. Most species grow up to 2 cm. Alopecosa females make a burrow in which they deposit their egg sac. The female then stays in the burrow guarding the sac until the eggs hatch. In Germany, there are about 15 described species. There is at least one in the United States. They favor dry climates. (Wikipedia)

Notes:

Please help to ID! Its really hard for me to search, cause i´m a little bit arachnophobic :-)

1 Species ID Suggestions

AlexKonig
AlexKonig 12 years ago
Wolfspinne (wolf-spider)
Alopecosa Alopecosa – Wikipedia


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1 Comment

Palaimon
Palaimon 12 years ago

Vielen dank für die schnelle Hilfe!
Thanks for helping ID

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Palaimon

Glottertal, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Spotted on May 11, 2011
Submitted on Oct 17, 2011

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