Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Madeira Wolf Spider

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Hogna maderiana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Madeira Wolf Spider
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Araneae (Araneae)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Lycosidae
Genus	Aegilops	Hogna
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Hogna maderiana

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Madeira Wolf Spider

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Madeira Wolf Spider
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

Madeira Wolf Spider

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

Range

Found in Portugal.

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

The Belly-shaped Hard Grass (Aegilops ventricosa) is a species in the genus Aegilops. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.