Little Striped Wolf Spider - Venatrix furcillata (Lycosa furcillata)

FAMILY LYCOSIDAE

This page contains pictures and information about Little Striped Wolf Spiders that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.


Body length 10mm, female

This Wolf Spider is common in our backyard, was 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.


Male, body length 8mm

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 their mother's abdomen.


Female with juveniles

This female Wolf Spider is carrying her young spiders at her abdomen.



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.



Reference:
1. Wolf spider Lycosa furcillata - The Find-a-spider Guide for Australian Spiders, University of Southern Queensland, 2007.
2. Venatrix furcillata (L. Koch, 1867) - The Wolf Spiders of Australia (Araneae, Lycosidae).
3. Australian Spiders in colour - Ramon Mascord, Reed Books Pty Ltd, 1970, p108.