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LYCOSIDAE Wolf Spiders

Wolf spiders are robust, agile hunters that live on the ground in leaf litter or burrows. They have eight eyes, four small ones lower down on the face, two large eyes above looking forward and two large eyes further back looking upward. Wolf Spiders occupy microhabitat niches and ideas for species can often be determined this way. Human bites have been recorded with various unpleasand but not fatal effects.

Wolf Spider

Artoria mckayi Framenau, 2002 (McKay's Creek Wolf Spider)
Fast running spider in leaf litter, body length about 12mm. Notable for the lighter median stripe on both the cephalothorax and the abdomen. Volker Framenau writes: "I believe your wolf spider is an Artoria. Based on your habitat description and the colour pattern it could easily be Artoria mckayi... 

Lycosa sp

Artoriopsis sp (A. expolita or A. melissae)
Artoriopsis is a genus of wolf spiders endemic to Australia. Their body size ranges from 3 to 11 mm, with males smaller than females. They appear to prefer open, vegetated or sandy areas of moderate humidity. Dr Volker W. Framenau, Western Australian Museum writes that the spider in these... 

Lycosa sp

Venatrix sp (Wolf Spider)
Dr Volker Framenau, Department of Terrestrial Zoology, Western Australian Museum, writes that this wolf spider may be Venatrix brisbanae or V. ornatula which are very difficult to separate without examining the genitalia. Where this was photographed there were dozens of juveniles of all sizes from...