Gladicosa gulosa

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Gladicosa gulosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Family: Lycosidae Genus: Gladicosa Species: G. gulosaa
Binomial name
Gladicosa gulosa (Walckenaer, 1837)
Synonyms
Lycosa gulosa Leimonia gulosa Lycosa kochii Lycosa nigraurata Varacosa gulosa Lycosa purcelli Trochosa purcelli

Gladicosa gulosa is a type of wolf spider found in Beech-Maple forests where the spider can be found in the plant strata of ground, herb or shrub. It is not one of the more common wolf spiders^[1].

[edit] Use in Pop Culture

In the style of Gary Larson, Mark Tatulli referenced the spider in his comic strip Liō. In the strip, a jar labeled Lycosa gulosa is empty and a man (Liō's father) is walking away with the spider clinging to his back. ^[2]

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[edit] References

• 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 29th, 2007 from Ohio State Knowledge Bank. Article