Zoropsis spinimana
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Males of the spider species Zoropsis spinimana reach a length of about 10mm, females up to 15mm. This spider looks rather like a wolf spider. It can be found on forest edges under rocks and bark, where it hunts for its prey during the night. Like all zoropsid spiders, it does not build a web for this but hunts freely. It is distributed widely in the Mediterranean, but reaches into Russia, and was introduced to the United States.
[edit] References
- Davidson, Keay (Jan. 26, 2006). "House Spider Migrant Setting Up In Bay Area". San Francisco Chronicle.
- Griswold, Charles E. and Ubick, Darrell (2001). "Zoropsidae: A Spider Family Newly Introduced to the USA". The Journal of Arachnology 29:111-113.
- Vetter, Rick (May-June 2002). "Zoropsis spinimana: A Mediterranean spider in the San Francisco Bay Area makes some cry wolf". Outdoor California Magazine Vol. 63, No. 3.
[edit] External links
- Invasive Species: Zoropsis spinimana (California Academy of Sciences)
- Zoropsis spinimana (U.C. Riverside Photo Gallery)
