Stats

Lifespan: 1-2 years
Size: Large
Diet: Insectivore
Activity: Nocturnal
Social: Solitary
Biome: Temperate forest
Range: North America
Movement: Running
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Camouflage
Status: Uncommon

About

This wolf spider hunts across the leaf litter of forests in the United States. It carries its hundreds of spiderlings on its back for weeks after they hatch.

Life cycle

1.
egg sac
A silk-wrapped egg sac shelters a clutch of eggs until the young are ready to emerge.
2.
juvenile
A spiderling emerges from the egg sac already in miniature adult form and starts catching prey almost immediately.
3.
subadult
A near-adult arachnid molts through several instars, growing larger and developing mature markings.
4.
adult
Fully grown after its final molt.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Lycosidae
Genus: Tigrosa
Species: Tigrosa georgicola