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I tend to be so absorbed with my giant, burrowing Lycosa godeffroyi that I neglect the fact we have other wolf spiders here. I am not sure how many species. I concluded three at least at one stage. I'll try to take more notice. Here is a photograph from a few days ago of a wanderer with her young, out and about in full sun. She is about half the size of the Lycosa godeffroyi.

Nice pic!!

Thank you! Now to try and find out about my other possible species. Tine to get heavily into Volker Framenau's site:

Wolf Spiders of Australia, http://www.lycosidae.info/identification/australia/firstpage.html

Wow, I agree, nice pic!!!

Here's a male wandering a few night's ago. He is carrying prey, and it appears to be a wolf spider. It isn't a shed skin - I watched him carry it away. There is a large burrow quite near there. It may be his, or a female. I haven't seen her for a week or so, but the burrow still looks tended, so I hope it wasn't her!