Gladicosa gulosa

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]

Life cycle

This spider is nocturnal and hides during the day.[2] It makes no web or shelter of any kind and hides under leaves in the day.[2] The female carries its eggs in a spherical sac until they hatch, after which the spiderlings may ride on the female until able to fend for themselves.[2]

Use in pop culture

In the style of Gary Larson, Mark Tatulli referred to 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.[3]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Elliot 1930
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 National Audubon Society Field Guide to Insects and Spiders. Alfred A. Knopf. p. 898. ISBN 0-394-50763-0.
  3. ↑ Tatulli, M. (2007). Lio. MyComicsPage.com. March 29th.

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