Gladicosa gulosa
| Gladicosa gulosa | |
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| Gladicosa gulosa from Green Ridge State Forest, Flintstone, Maryland | |
| Gladicosa gulosa near Leesville, Louisiana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Genus: | Gladicosa |
| Species: | G. gulosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Gladicosa gulosa (Walckenaer, 1837)[1]
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Gladicosa gulosa (the drumming sword wolf spider [2]) is a type of wolf spider found, among other habits, in Beech-Maple forests of the US and Canada, where the spider can be found in the plant strata of ground, herb or shrub.[3]
Life cycle
This spider is nocturnal and hides during the day.[4] It makes no web or shelter of any kind and hides under leaves in the day.[4] The female carries its eggs in a spherical sac until they hatch, after which the spiderlings may ride on the female until able to fend for themselves.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Taxon details Gladicosa gulosa (Walckenaer, 1837)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-04-10
- ^ iNaturalist website. iNaturalist.org.
- ^ Elliot 1930
- ^ a b c National Audubon Society Field Guide to Insects and Spiders. Alfred A. Knopf. 1980. p. 898. ISBN 0-394-50763-0.
External links
- Elliot, F.R. (1930). An ecological study of the spiders of the beech-maple forest. The Ohio Journal of Science, 30(1): 1-22. Retrieved March 29, 2007 from Ohio State Knowledge Bank. Article