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where they were rediscovered in 2020 is a military training area. Adults of both sexes have been recorded in
September and October but it is thought likely that only the females over-winter. This species is a fast and agile nocturnal hunter. It uses its speed and agility to chase down beetles, ants
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is a large wolf spider in which the males have a body which is 10 to 12 millimetres (0.39 to 0.47 in) long while the larger females have a body which is 11 to 14.7 millimetres (0.43 to 0.58 in) long. The largest females may attain a leg span of 5 centimetres (2.0 in). The
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England and southern Scandinavia to Italy and the Balkans. It has also been recorded from the Russian Far East, Central Asia and China.
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England. However, prior to 2020, the spider had not been recorded since the 1990s. It was re-discovered in October 2020 by
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