Pardosa alacris

Pardosa Alacris ’s scientific classification :

Kingdom (regnum): Animalia

Phylium : Arthropoda 

Class:  Arachnida 

Order : Araneae 

Suborder : Araneomorphae

Family:  Lycosidae

Genus :  Pardosa

Species :  alacris

Distribution, place of living

• Most charactaristic: Europe and Russia
• The most widespread lycosidia in the home woods
• In decidous woods they can be found in large numbers, they mostly prefer the dead  mould suitable for hiding
• Avoid open, dry or very wet places of living  

Morfology and physiology

• Length of female : 4.5 mm
• Length of male: 4.9 mm
• The males posses more characteristic morfological characteristic than the females : their cephalotorax is black with a thick, silvergray stripe lengthwise.Their abdomen is completely silvergray with smaller lighter patches. Their legs are very long with reddish-brown shade.. Chelicereas are very characteristic: from reddish yellow to black reaching the tips.

Characteristics

•  Nourishment: small insects, inverterbatesor even other spiders. They have very good eyesight.

• Mating: breeding season is summer. The sexual organ of the male spider is the tentacle. During the cortship the male presentsa certain „dance”, moving their bodies and forelegs. Unique characteristic of the wolf spiders that the females keep the eggs in a bag span out of web silk attached to their abdomen. After hatching the lot of small spiders are crawling onto the abdomen  and back of the mother and travel there for a long time. Egg-development time: 2−3 weeks  

• Behaviour: Non aggressiv breed.  Bite if feeling threatened. Their poison is not lethal for human, but very painful. In case of biting you should consult a doctor, siche poison can lead to death.  

• Lifetime: 1year