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Also Known As	ground spider • hunting spider • Lycosidae

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Wolf spider showing eye arrangement, chelicerae, and fang at end of each chelicera

Figure 9: Eggs of spiders are enclosed in silk sacs. (Top) Female wolf spider with her portable egg sac attached to spinnerets

Illustration comparing the sizes of four spider species-the giant huntsman, goliath birdeater, joro spider, and ground wolf spider-shown as silhouettes next to an average adult male hand for scale, with a vertical ruler on the side for precise measurement.

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