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Racing Stripe Spiders

Mottled False Wolf spider (Mituliodon tarantulinus, family Miturgidae)

Brown, entirely mottled above with 2 bands or lines of white spots underneath. All eyes small.

Able to climb glass.

Length: Legs span 5 cm.

Status: Common.

Coastal in eastern, South and Western Australia and Tasmania, Open forest, grasslands. Common in litter.

Minor local reactions.

Summer breeding.

Main prey: small insects, other spiders.

Dark legs with dark stripes on head and body; two white stripes from V under body.

Unable to climb vertical glass.

Leg span up to 70mm.

None known.

Coastal Australia, including Tasmania but not yet reported from Northern Territory. Habitat: Moist aquatic habitats near swamps, mangroves, creeks.

Known to be a major food source for Cattle Egrets and presumably other birds that hunt on the ground in marshy ground.

Fast-moving, ground hunter. Main prey: insects.

Breeding: Summer maturing; egg sacs not carried but attached to bark or tree.

Many in the same genus.

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