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Trochosa terricola Female Trochosa terricola. (Found: Stendörren Sörmland Sweden. Apr 2008 ) Male Trochosa terricola. (Found: Stendörren Sörmland Sweden. Apr 2008 ) Male Trochosa terricola. Note how one of the front legs is darker and bigger then the other front leg. He probably lost the left leg as a young spider and now the leg has grown out almost as much as the other leg. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Sep 2008 ) Female Trochosa terricola. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Sep 2007 ) Male Trochosa terricola. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Sep 2007 ) Close-up of female Trochosa terricola. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Sep 2007 ) Close-up of male Trochosa terricola. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Apr 2007 ) Male Trochosa terricola, side view. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Sep 2007 ) Close-up photo of the face of a Trochosa terricola. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Sep 2007 ) Close-up photo of the face of a male Trochosa terricola wolf spider. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Sep 2007 ) Female Trochosa terricola, head-on view. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Sep 2007 ) Female Trochosa terricola, head-on view. (Found: Helgö Sörmland Sweden. Apr 2009 ) Male Trochosa terricola from below. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Sep 2007 ) Female Trochosa terricola from below. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Sep 2007 ) Another female Trochosa terricola from below. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Apr 2008 ) Close-up of epigyne from the spider above. (Found: Stendörren Sörmland Sweden. Apr 2008 ) Close-up of the epigyne of a Trochosa terricola. (Found: Helgö Sörmland Sweden. Apr 2009 ) Palps of a male Trochosa terricola. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Sep 2007 ) Palp of a male Trochosa terricola. (Found: Buskhyttan Sörmland Sweden. May 2009 ) Male Trochosa terricola. About 7,5 mm. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Apr 2008 ) Female Trochosa terricola. About 10,5 mm. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Apr 2008 )

Facts: Family: Lycosidae Scientific name: Trochosa terricola Common name: Ground wolf-spider This wolf spider seems slow, compared to Pardosas. Found in the woods, hunting prey on the ground.

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