Gladicosa gulosa
| Gladicosa gulosa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Genus: | Gladicosa |
| Species: | G. gulosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Gladicosa gulosa (Walckenaer, 1837)[1] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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.[2]
Life cycle
This spider is nocturnal and hides during the day.[3] It makes no web or shelter of any kind and hides under leaves in the day.[3] 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.[3]
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.[4]
Footnotes
- 1 2 "Taxon details Gladicosa gulosa (Walckenaer, 1837)", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), retrieved 2016-04-10
- ↑ Elliot 1930
- 1 2 3 National Audubon Society Field Guide to Insects and Spiders. Alfred A. Knopf. p. 898. ISBN 0-394-50763-0.
- ↑ Tatulli, M. (2007). Lio. MyComicsPage.com. March 29th.
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 29, 2007 from Ohio State Knowledge Bank. Article
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