''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
A carapace is a Dorsum (biology), dorsal (upper) section of the exoskeleton or shell in a number of animal groups, including arthropods, such as crustaceans and arachnids, as well as vertebrates, such as turtles and tortoises. In turtles and tor ...
and continues to the
abdomen.
The spider hunts on the ground and often gets caught in
pitfall traps. 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
The World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) is a biogeographical system developed by the international Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) organization, formerly the International Working Group on Taxonomic Da ...
, Europe, and North America. Its distribution: "Europe to China, Japan, Korea. Introduced to North America, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Bermuda".
References
Lycosidae
Spiders of Europe
Spiders of Asia
Spiders of North America
Spiders described in 1778
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