Zoropsis spinimana

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Zoropsis spinimana
Male Zoropsis spinimana
Male Zoropsis spinimana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Zoropsidae
Genus: Zoropsis
Species: Z. spinimana
Binomial name
Zoropsis spinimana
(Dufour, 1820)

Males of the spider species Zoropsis spinimana reach a length of about 10mm, females up to 15mm. This spider looks rather like a wolf spider. It can be found on forest edges under rocks and bark, where it hunts for its prey during the night. Like all zoropsid spiders, it does not build a web for this but hunts freely and often seeks refuge in a house. Since this spider cannot survive in harsh climates, the house is the most common place to find them since the temperature is more mild and the food is abundant. It is distributed widely in the Mediterranean, but reaches into Russia, and was introduced to the United States.

[edit] References

  • Vetter, Rick (May-June 2002). "Zoropsis spinimana: A Mediterranean spider in the San Francisco Bay Area makes some cry wolf". Outdoor California Magazine Vol. 63, No. 3.

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