Lycosidae (family)

1 Wolf spider at Googong, NSW

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Identification history

Lycosidae (family)	2 Mar 2021	KimPullen
Lycosidae (family)	7 Aug 2020	MichaelMulvaney
Unverified	6 Aug 2020	WHall

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4 comments

Harrisi wrote:

6 Aug 2020

best way to separate Miturgids and Lycosids is via the eye pattern. Both have eight eyes but the former has its four largest eyes in a square pattern, whereas Lycosids have two large eyes in the centre, which I can see clearly here now on my PC, rather than the glimpse i had on my phone previously.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

7 Aug 2020

Looks like a wolf spider but I think it is a Prowling Spider (Mitugidae), Whyte and anderson say that the main difference is that the legs of wold spiders end in three claws while those of Miturgidae have two. Your photos are excellent and I can make out two claws. Possibly Mituliodon tarantulas. Did you happen to see the underneath of the spider?

WHall wrote:

7 Aug 2020

Hi Michael, unfortunately the spider was less than co-operative and I was not able to photograph the underside. I was a little surprised to see the eye reflection from the flash.

YumiCallaway wrote:

8 Aug 2020

I've taken a brief look through other sightings which have been submitted to CNM and I think your individual resembles #4087330, #4255046, #4258993 & #4259032. Perhaps the photos there may help draw decisive features, although none have any underside photos. Note: one of them has an ID of Lycosidae sp already.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.196602 -35.427495
Places Googong, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
28 Jul 2020 04:42 PM Recorded on
WHall Recorded by
Collections
WHall Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Wolf spiders (Lycosidae) Spiders

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Lycosidae (family) Scientific name
Wolf spider Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1121.29m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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