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FAMILY LYCOSIDAE
- This page contains pictures and information about Brisbane Wolf Spiders that we found
in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Body length 10mm, female
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- This Wolf Spider is common in our backyard. They were found hunting at night
during summer. Its carapace is
mainly dark brown in colour, with two light brown lines along the edge and
slight brown at the middle.
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Female with juveniles
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- Some weeks ago we saw
a similar spider but its abdomen look interesting. When we disturbed it, there
were many small spiders running at all direction from the spider's abdomen. The
female wolf spider was carrying her young spiders at her abdomen.
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- The spider can also be seen running on ground during the day in Karawatha
Forest. The patterns on female abdomen make it hard to tell if there are
with or without juveniles on her back.
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- Thank to Dr
Volker W. Framenau for the identification of this spider. As Dr
Framenau suggested, Wolf Spiders are often difficult to identify based on photographs
alone.
- Reference:
- 1. Australian Spiders in colour - Ramon Mascord, Reed Books Pty
Ltd, 1970, p108.
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