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Spiders - The Wolf Spider

First seen on Thursday 27th May 2021 at Gibside

Wolf Spiders are the common name for the Lycosidae family of spiders. It's not very clear in this photo, but they have eight eyes arranged in three rows. They don't catch prey in webs, but hunt them down, running rapidly along the ground. As with many insects, there are many species within this family (I'm not sure which this one is). The one below is a female, and she is carrying an egg-sac.