Tasmanicosa sp. (genus)

Tasmanicosa wolf spider at Yackandandah, VIC

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Identification history

	Tasmanicosa sp. (genus)	3 Dec 2024	NateKingsford
	Unverified	3 Dec 2024	KylieWaldon

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If you fear spiders - look away now! I could hear crackling leaves so I looked quickly in case it was a snake - nope - it was this spider on the ground devouring what looks like a really unusual grasshopper-thing. The spider was quite chunky and if hadn't been busy feeding I think I may have moved away quickly.

3 comments

KylieWaldon wrote:

3 Dec 2024

wow. TY @NateKingsford for that quick ID. I'd only had time to look up "wolf spider" and found you'd already named it. TY :)

NateKingsford wrote:

3 Dec 2024

Of course! This one is a relatively easy one to ID due to the "union jack" on the cephalothorax (head). Gorgeous looking spiders they are

KylieWaldon wrote:

4 Dec 2024

Yeah its a beautiful pattern, though the legs are quite chunky!

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Location information

Coordinates 146.831792 -36.320186
Places Yackandandah, VIC

Sighting information

1 Abundance
2 Dec 2024 08:11 AM Recorded on
KylieWaldon Recorded by
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Spiders Wolf spiders (Lycosidae) KylieWaldon Hume NatureMapr

Species information

Tasmanicosa sp. (genus) Scientific name
Tasmanicosa wolf spider Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 2080.29m Recorded at altitude
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

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South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania