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