Venatrix furcillata, one of the wolf spiders, is a mid sized spider found in eastern Australia. The body length of the female is up to 13 mm, the male 9 mm. The abdomen has distinctive tapering markings. Sometimes noted in suburban gardens and lawns. It lives in a simple burrow, but may be seen migrating in large numbers to a communal web, an unusual feature for wolf spiders. The grey coloured spherical egg sac is around 6 mm in diameter, carried by the female. Eggs are 45 to 60 in number, 0.8 mm in diameter. Prey is ground dwelling insects.[1][2][3][4] The spider has been identified as occurring in Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Genus: | Venatrix |
| Species: | V. furcillata
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| Binomial name | |
| Venatrix furcillata L.Koch, 1867
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Australian Spiders in Colour - Ramon Mascord. 1970 SBN 589 07065 7, page 108
- ^ Ron Atkinson. "Wolf Spider". FindaSpider.org.au. Retrieved February 9, 2020.
- ^ "Venatrix furcillata (L. Koch, 1867)". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved February 9, 2020.
- ^ Volker W. Framenau. "Venatrix furcillata (L. Koch, 1867)". lycosidae.info. Retrieved February 9, 2020.
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