Db. Richman et al., A COMPARISON OF POPULATIONS OF WOLF SPIDERS (ARANEAE, LYCOSIDAE) ON 2DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA, The Journal of arachnology, 23(3), 1995, pp. 151-156
Wolf spiders were sampled from sandy and grassy substrates every month
for one year at Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, Florida, fr
om December 1981 through November 1982. It was found that the faunas w
ere different in species composition, even though they were within a f
ew meters of one another. Light-colored species, such as Lycosa cerati
ola and Lycosa osceola, were more abundant on or restricted to the san
dy surface, while darker colored species, such as Lycosa miami, Lycosa
annexa, Lycosa abdita and Schizocosa crassipes were more abundant on
or restricted to, the grassy substrate. A total of twelve species of l
ycosids were collected.