danthebugmanLook who's being all photogenic 📸 😍. #spiders #SpidersOfTheFediverse #spidersofmastodon #wolfspiders #lycosidae #wolfspiders #arachnids
Opened up one of the wolf spider enclosures to find that it has made an impressive burrow sometime over the week. Must be finally feeling at home. #wolfspider #lycosidae #spiders #SpidersOfTheFediverse #spidersofmastodon
Redecorated a classroom terrarium this afternoon. Some of the materials I had originally planned on using didn't work out, but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. The wolf spider seems happy with it though 🤷♂️. #terrarium #terrariumplants #wolfspider #lycosidae #spiders #spidersofmastodon #SpidersOfTheFediverse
Rehoused one of the wolf spiders into a more natural enclosure. This is one of the spiders that was found in my school building, but it was already too chilly to relocate him back outside. #spiders #spidersofmastodon #wolfspider #lycosidae #hognacarolinensis
neville park#Arachtober 11: a little thin-legged wolf spider (_Pardosa_) on a blade of grass in a marshy meadow. They can be practically as jumpy as jumping spiders and are very hard to get close enough to to photograph.
Aubrieta Rose#Spider warning for today's #Weretober - a werewolf! ...spider!
I'm pretty sure she looks more curious than hungry at the moment, but it's kinda hard to tell, so watch yourself.
#Weretober2025 #wolfSpider #lycosidae #bug #InverteFest #anthroBug #anthroSpider #bugFurry #spiderFurry #arachnophobia
Stefan F. WirthThe burnt #wolfspider, #Xerolycosa #nemoralis (#Lycosidae, #Araneae), is a #species of #spider native to Eurasia that prefers dry #habitats, hunts prey actively and rests in a self-dug burrow. The authors A. Bednarek et al. (2016) studied the spider's response to thermal #stress in form of an increased #Hsp70 (protein/ enzyme complex) synthesis in by humans polluted environments. #Biodiversity
© #StefanFWirth #Berlin 2025
A. Bednarek et al. (2016)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2016.04.027
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© S F. Wirth
#Arachtober 29: yesterday in High Park, I was lurking in the shrubs and low vegetation on Hawk Hill hoping to see juncos and chickadees, looking for a spot to kneel that didn't have rabbit poop, when I came across something I've wanted to see for years—a wolf spider in a burrow! Many wolf spiders burrow, e.g. _Geolycosa_ (which I think this one might be), but I'd never actually found such a burrow myself.
The spider was small, no larger than the typical _Pardosa_ I see, and while timid it stayed at the entrance to the burrow. It was hard to get good light in there and this was the best photo I could get. I will undoubtedly go back to look for more!
#DailySpiderPic #SpidersOfMastodon #spiders • #Araneae #Lycosidae
#Arachtober 12: In some interestingly fungus-covered grass in the swampy meadow by the creek just past the Oculus, I saw lots of _Pardosa_ thin-legged wolf spiders, but they were as jumpy as, well, jumping spiders and it was hard to photograph any. Here's a couple I did get!
These cute little spiders, getting up to ~1cm body length, put the lie to the common misconception that a "wolf spider" is necessarily big, hairy, and bulky. In fact the family Lycosidae has thousands of species all over the world, as varied as their habitats, from large desert burrow-dwellers to these lithe little denizens of marshy undergrowth and rocky shore.
#ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #SpidersOfMastodon #WolfSpiders #spiders • #Araneae #Lycosidae
Suddenly realized what the secondhand DSLR would be perfect for at my current beginner stage: the lakeshore thin-legged wolf spiders (_Pardosa lapidicina_)!
Though it is rather late in the season, I saw plenty of females with egg sacs running around—perhaps it's been warm long enough for them to have two litters? And I found one mother carrying babies. I also include photos of two colour variants, blue-grey and yellow-brown.
The mature males I've seen are all very dark, almost black. The largest females seem to be solid colours. I wonder if they change colour based on life stage?
#DailySpiderPic #SpidersOfMastodon #spiders #InverteFest #ArthroBeauty • #Araneae #Lycosidae