page_title: Trochosa terricola
section_title: Biology
hierarchical_section_title: Trochosa terricola / Biology
caption_attribution_description: wasp L: 8-14 mm Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta (insects, Insekten) Order: Hymenoptera (Hautflügler) Suborder: Apocrita (Taillienwespen) Superfamily: Vespoidea Family: Pompilidae (spider wasps, Wegwespen) Subfamily: Pompilinae Genus: Anoplius Dufour, 1834 Anoplius viaticus LINNAEUS, 1758 (Frühlings-Wegwespe), ♀ more info (German): www.insektenbox.de/hautfl/fruewe.htm prey L: 10-14 mm (♀) Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Class: Arachnida Cuvier, 1812 (arachnids) subclass Micrura infraclass Megoperculata Order: Araneae Clerck, 1757 (spiders) Suborder: Araneomorphae (Echte Webspinnen) superfamily Lycosoidea Family: Lycosidae Sundevall, 1833 (wolf spiders, Wolfsspinnen) Genus: Trochosa C. L. Koch, 1847 Trochosa terricola Thorell, 1856 (Erd-Wolfsspinne), ♀ Germany, Brandenburg, vic. Königs-Wusterhausen: Dubrow, 05.05.2013 IMG_3499
context_page_description: Trochosa terricola is known as the ground wolf spider, is a wolf spider which is common and widespread in western and central Europe. It has been recorded as prey for the pompilid wasp.
context_section_description: Adults, both males and females, have been recorded from March to November, with a peak from spring to mid-summer, although in warmer areas in can be active throughout the year. This spider generally appears more sluggish than the Pardosa wolf spiders with which it is sympatric. T. terricola is normally most active at night. It has been recorded as a prey item of the pompilid wasps Priocnemis perturbator and Anoplius viaticus
caption: A spider wasp Anoplius viaticus with captured Trochosa terricola
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