Stats

Lifespan

1-2 years

Size

Small

Diet

Insectivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Temperate grassland

Range

Worldwide

Movement

Running

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Speed

Status

Common

About

This wolf spider lives on the ground in open fields across the entire globe. It carries its egg sac attached to its spinnerets and guards its spiderlings on its back.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg sac

   A silk-wrapped egg sac shelters a clutch of eggs until the young are ready to emerge.
2. 2.
   juvenile

   A spiderling emerges from the egg sac already in miniature adult form and starts catching prey almost immediately.
3. 3.
   subadult

   A near-adult arachnid molts through several instars, growing larger and developing mature markings.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown after its final molt.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Lycosidae

Genus

Pardosa