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| Species: | T. ruricola
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| Trochosa ruricola (De Geer, 1778)
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Trochosa ruricola is a wolf spider whose common name is Rustic wolf spider. The females are 15 millimeters and the males are 10 millimeters. Both sexes are dark brown and has a pale band that runs down to the carapace and continues to the abdomen. Their habitat is in grassland, woodland, scrub and lawns that are in Asia, Japan, and Europe.[1] The spider hunts on the ground and often gets caught in pitfall traps.[2]
References
- ^ "Rustic wolf spider, Trochosa ruricola". Natural History Museum. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
- ^ Hopkin, Steve. "Trochosa ruricola in Cornwall". Stevehopkin.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-09-13.