Tasmanicosa sp. (genus)
Tasmanicosa wolf spider at Yackandandah, VIC
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| Tasmanicosa sp. (genus) | NateKingsford | 3 Dec 2024 | |
| Unverified | KylieWaldon | 3 Dec 2024 |
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If you fear spiders - look away now! I could hear crackling leaves so I looked quickly in case it was a snake - nope - it was this spider on the ground devouring what looks like a really unusual grasshopper-thing. The spider was quite chunky and if hadn't been busy feeding I think I may have moved away quickly.
3 comments
3 Dec 2024
wow. TY @NateKingsford for that quick ID. I'd only had time to look up "wolf spider" and found you'd already named it. TY :)
3 Dec 2024
Of course! This one is a relatively easy one to ID due to the "union jack" on the cephalothorax (head). Gorgeous looking spiders they are
Location information
- Coordinates 146.831792-36.320186
- Places Yackandandah, VIC
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 2 Dec 2024 08:11 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
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Species information
- Tasmanicosa sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Tasmanicosa wolf spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 2080.29m Recorded at altitude
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