Alopecosa is a spider genus in the family Lycosidae (wolf spiders), with about 140 species and several subspecies.

Most species grow up to 2 cm. Alopecosa females make a burrow in which they deposit their egg

Egg (biology)

An egg is an organic vessel in which an embryo first begins to develop. In most birds, reptiles, insects, molluscs, fish, and monotremes, an egg is the zygote, resulting from fertilization of the ovum, which is expelled from the body and permitted to develop outside the body until the developing...

sac. The female then stays in the burrow guarding the sac until the eggs hatch.

In Germany, there are about 15 described species. There is at least one in the United States.

They favor dry climates.

External links

• Picture of A. accentuata (2000): Two new species of the genus Alopecosa Simon (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Inner Mongolia, China. Zoological Studies 39(2): 133-137. PDF