Arctosa littoralis
| Arctosa littoralis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Genus: | Arctosa |
| Species: | A. littoralis |
| Binomial name | |
| Arctosa littoralis (Hentz, 1844) | |
Arctosa littoralis, the beach wolf spider, is a species of wolf spider in the family Lycosidae.[1][2][3][4][5]
Description
These spiders have mottled white, gray, or brown bodies that enable them to camouflage against sand.[6] Females tend to be slightly larger, with an average body length (excluding legs) of 11.2 to 14.7 mm, compared to 9.6 to 12.8 mm for males.[7]
Habitat and distribution
A. littoralis is found in sandy substrates within scrub habitats, grass-shrub associations, seashores, riverbanks, and lakes[7] across North and Central America.[8]
Behavior
They are active during both daylight and nighttime hours. Females typically store their egg sacs under rocks or within burrows, which they can construct by bonding grains of sand together with their silk. Once they hatch, the spiderlings are carried on their mother's back until they molt and disperse.[7] Like other wolf spiders, A. littoralis chases and attacks prey and does not spin webs.[6]
References
- ↑ "Arctosa littoralis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ "Arctosa littoralis species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ "Arctosa littoralis". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ "Arctosa littoralis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ "Arctosa littoralis Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- 1 2 "Beach Wolf Spider Facts and Information Species Information". Orkin.com. Retrieved 2026-03-08.
- 1 2 3 Punzo, Fred (2006). "LIFE HISTORY, ECOLOGY, AND BEHAVIOR OF THE WOLF SPIDER, ARCTOSA LITTORALIS (ARANEAE: LYCOSIDAE) IN FLORIDA". Florida Scientist. Tampa, Florida: Florida Academy of Sciences, Inc. Retrieved 2026-02-08.
- ↑ "NMBE World Spider Catalog, Arctosa littoralis". Retrieved 2018-03-18.
Further reading
- Adams, Richard J.; Manolis, Timothy D. (2014). Field Guide to the Spiders of California and the Pacific Coast States (California Natural History Guides). University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520276611.
- Bradley, Richard A. (2012). Common Spiders of North America. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520274884.
- Dean, D.A. (2016). "Catalogue of Texas spiders". ZooKeys (570): 1–703. doi:10.3897/zookeys.570.6095. PMC 4829797. PMID 27103878.
- Dondale, Charles D.; Redner, James H. (1990). The Wolf Spiders, Nurseryweb Spiders, and Lynx Spiders of Canada and Alaska. Canadian Government Publishing Centre, Ottawa.
- Foelix, Rainer F. (2010). Biology of Spiders (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199734825.
- Griswold, Charles E.; Audisio, Tracy; Ledford, Joel M. (2012). "An extraordinary new family of spiders from caves in the Pacific Northwest (Araneae, Trogloraptoridae, new family)". ZooKeys (215): 77–102. doi:10.3897/zookeys.215.3547. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3428790. PMID 22936872.
- Jackman, John A. (2002). A Field Guide to Spiders and Scorpions of Texas. Gulf Publishing. ISBN 978-0877192640.
- Ubick, D.; Paquin, P.; Cushing, P.E.; Roth, V., eds. (2005). Spiders of North America: An Identification Manual. American Arachnological Society. ISBN 978-0977143900.
- Wheeler, W.C.; Coddington, J.A.; Crowley, L.M.; Dimitrov, D.; et al. (2016). "The spider tree of life: phylogeny of Araneae based on target-gene analyses from an extensive taxon sampling". Cladistics. 33 (6): 576–616. doi:10.1111/cla.12182. PMID 34724759.