Venatrix pictiventris (Four-spotted Huntress)

moderately sized wolf spider (10mm total body length)
female carrying eggsac
found in open woodland
Carapace: dark with light brown median band, slightly narrowing behind fovea; submarginal band slightly lighter than carapace; indistinct dark radial pattern between fovea and submarginal band; white setae in median band, on submarginal band, between posterior eyes and on caput flanks; bushes of white setae behind posterior median eyes and median of posterior lateral eyes.
Abdomen: light brown median band of half abdomen width; dark heart mark in anterior half of median band with irregular black spots on its lateral margins.

Venatrix pictiventris is listed in the following regions:

Canberra & Southern Tablelands | South Coast

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