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Lycosa
Lycosa is a genus of wolf spiders distributed throughout most of the world. Sometimes called the "true tarantula", though not closely related to the spiders most commonly called tarantulas today, Lycosa spp. can be distinguished from common wolf spiders by their relatively large size. This genus includes the European Lycosa tarantula, which was once associated with tarantism, a dubious affliction whose symptoms included shaking, cold sweats, and a high fever, asserted to be curable only by...
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Lycosa erythrognatha
speciesLycosa erythrognatha
Lycosa singoriensis
speciesLycosa singoriensis
Spanish wolf spider
speciesLycosa hispanica
Lycosa praegrandis
speciesLycosa praegrandis
tarantula wolf spider
speciesLycosa tarantula
Lycosa fasciiventris
speciesLycosa fasciiventris
Lycosa coelestis
speciesLycosa coelestis
Lycosa suzukii
speciesLycosa suzukii
Lycosa pampeana
speciesLycosa pampeana
Lycosa laeta
speciesLycosa laeta
Arrowhead Wolf Spider
speciesLycosa australicola
Lycosa piochardi
speciesLycosa piochardi
Lycosa bistriata
speciesLycosa bistriata
Lycosa grahami
speciesLycosa grahami
Lycosa oculata
speciesLycosa oculata
Lycosa australis
speciesLycosa australis
Lycosa vittata
speciesLycosa vittata
Lycosa poliostoma
speciesLycosa poliostoma
Lycosa ishikariana
speciesLycosa ishikariana
Lycosa ariadnae
speciesLycosa ariadnae
Lycosa koyuga
speciesLycosa koyuga
Lycosa auroguttata
speciesLycosa auroguttata
Lycosa yunnanensis
speciesLycosa yunnanensis
Lycosa gibsoni
speciesLycosa gibsoni
Lycosa vulcani
speciesLycosa vulcani
Lycosa shansia
speciesLycosa shansia
Lycosa labialis
speciesLycosa labialis
Lycosa hyraculus
speciesLycosa hyraculus
Lycosa wangi
speciesLycosa wangi
Lycosa soboutii
speciesLycosa soboutii
Lycosa pavlovi
speciesLycosa pavlovi
Lycosa bedeli
speciesLycosa bedeli
Lycosa munieri
speciesLycosa munieri
Lycosa boninensis
speciesLycosa boninensis
Lycosa beihaiensis
speciesLycosa beihaiensis
Lycosa magallanica
speciesLycosa magallanica
Lycosa nordenskjoldi
speciesLycosa nordenskjoldi
Lycosa salifodina
speciesLycosa salifodina
Lycosa howarthi
speciesLycosa howarthi
Lycosa subfusca
speciesLycosa subfusca
Lycosa indagatrix
speciesLycosa indagatrix
Lycosa leucophthalma
speciesLycosa leucophthalma
Lycosa dimota
speciesLycosa dimota
Lycosa inviolata
speciesLycosa inviolata
Lycosa gobiensis
speciesLycosa gobiensis
Lycosa sericovittata
speciesLycosa sericovittata
Lycosa magnifica
speciesLycosa magnifica
Lycosa aragogi
speciesLycosa aragogi
Lycosa macrophthalma
speciesLycosa macrophthalma
Lycosa capensis
speciesLycosa capensis
Lycosa erjianensis
speciesLycosa erjianensis
Lycosa transversa
speciesLycosa transversa
Lycosa kempi
speciesLycosa kempi
Lycosa corallina
speciesLycosa corallina
Lycosa illicita
speciesLycosa illicita
Lycosa injusta
speciesLycosa injusta
Lycosa punctiventralis
speciesLycosa punctiventralis
Lycosa brunnea
speciesLycosa brunnea
Lycosa maya
speciesLycosa maya
Lycosa ventralis
speciesLycosa ventralis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 83112.