Rustic Wolf Spider

Trochosa ruricola is a wolf spider whose common name is rustic wolf spider. The females are 15 mm (0.6 in) but can reach 25 mm (1.0 in), and the males are 10 mm (0.4 in). Both sexes are dark brown and have a pale band that runs down to the carapace and continues to the abdomen.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Rustic Wolf Spider being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Trochosa terricola
• Trochosa humicola
• Tropicosa moesta
• Varacosa gosiuta
• Arctosa personata
• Venatrix pullastra

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Lycosidae

Genus

Trochosa

Species

Trochosa ruricola

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