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Pirate Wolf Spider

Classification

Enemies

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynes )

Family Lycosidae (Wolf Spiders)

Genus Pirata (Pirate Wolf Spiders)

Other Spiders and Wasps

Behavior

Can walk on water

Able to go under water and stay for up to 3 hours

Defense/Offense

Can stay underwater for hours

Hibernates in winter

Spins a web to live in (not to catch prey)

Able to run quickly on land

Something Special

In the wolf spider family

Lives in a funnel shaped web

Has water resistant hairs on their legs

Citations

www.naturespot.org.uk/speicies/pirate-wolf-spider

http://www.microcosmos.nl/artro/pirata01.htm

http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1636/m01-98?journalCode=arac

Life Cycle/Reproduction

The main reproductive period is may through august

Female spider carries the eggs until they hatch

Anatomy/Appearance

Adults usually start to appear at the end of April

By: Kortney Gonyer and Josie Alexander

Female- up to 9mm

Male- up to 6mm

Diet

Habitat and Range

Small insects and other spiders that live around marshy areas

Chestnut Red abdomen with mustard colored cardiac mark ad white sides to both the abdomen and carapace

Locomotion

Banks of ponds and ditches and other moist places in meadows or trenches

Walk on land and can swim in water

Common in Great Britain