| Latin Name | Observation Date | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Pardosa laura | Oct 03, 2026 | Natore, Bangladesh |
Scientific name:
In the scientific world, this wolf spider is known as Pardosa laura.
Family and genus:
According to the classification of the animal kingdom, they are a wonderful species belonging to the Lycosidae family. It is a spider under the Pardosa genus.
Habitat and habitat:
They are mainly widespread in various parts of East Asia. In our country, they naturally find safe shelter in damp grass, crop fields, and dry leaves under shrubs like my garden. They also live widely in various agricultural lands, especially rice fields and cotton fields.
Food and nutrition:
Wolf spiders do not weave webs like ordinary spiders and catch prey. As the name suggests, they are more adept at catching prey by running or jumping like wolves. They are completely carnivorous in nature. They mainly hunt various types of insects in the fields or gardens to meet their nutritional needs.
Shape and lifestyle:
They are a medium-sized spider. There is a noticeable difference in the color of the body of male and female spiders. Female spiders are slightly larger in size and their backs are dark reddish-brown in color. And male spiders are almost entirely black in color. The most interesting aspect of the lifestyle of these spiders is their reproduction. After the eggs hatch, the mother spider carries hundreds of her young on her back. They mainly do this to protect the children from predators.
Benefits:
They play a huge role in the food chain of nature. They do an excellent job in controlling harmful insects in agricultural areas like rice fields or cotton fields. This wolf spider is a silent friend of our farmers in controlling harmful insects in the garden.
Harm:
They are not directly harmful to agriculture or orchards. They do not harm crops, but rather benefit farmers by eating harmful insects. They do not usually bite humans, so there is nothing to fear.
I learned about them from various sites including iNaturalist, Wikipedia and Google.
(All posts are written in Bengali and translated into English using Google Translate.)
| Camera Used | Samsung SM-G973F |
|---|---|
| F-Stop | F2.4 |
| ISO speed | ISO |
| Focal length | 26mm |
| Flash | No |
| Editing app | Lightroom |
| Photography | (Pardosa laura) |
| Photographer |  @mshbd |
| Location | Natore, Bangladesh |
| Link to original community |
|---|
| https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405538574 |
| Latitude | Longitude | Map Link |
|---|---|---|
| 24.3366 | 89.1117 | https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=12/24.3366/89.1117 |