Tasmanicosa

Picture ID 10954

Submitted by:
rueffy
Submitted: Apr 28, 2018
Photographed: Apr 25, 2018
Spider: Tasmanicosa
Location: Mount Remarkable NP, South Australia, Australia
Spotted Outdoors: Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc)
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Dorsal, Spiderlings

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ItsyBitsy

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April 28, 2018 10:27 pm

Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 This is a mother Wolf Spider (Lycosidae) carrying her spiderlings.

Rueffy

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Reply to ItsyBitsy

April 29, 2018 1:55 am

Thank you itsybitsy, my initial hunch was wolf spider but most of the wolf spiders I’ve seen online are brown so was a little thrown off. Appreciate your reply

ItsyBitsy

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Reply to Rueffy

April 29, 2018 10:51 am

You’re welcome. Likely a Tasmanicosa sp..
https://atlasoflife.naturemapr.org/Community/Sighting/3380961

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