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title: "Drumming Sword Wolf Spider"
description: "Gladicosa gulosa — Insects & spiders. Gladicosa gulosa (the drumming sword wolf spider ) is a type of wolf spider found, among other habits, in Beech-Maple forests of the US and Canada, where the spider can be found in the plant strata of ground, herb or shrub."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/drumming-sword-wolf-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Drumming Sword Wolf Spider

> Gladicosa gulosa — Insects & spiders. Gladicosa gulosa (the drumming sword wolf spider ) is a type of wolf spider found, among other habits, in Beech-Maple forests of the US and Canada, where the spider can be found in the plant strata of ground, herb or shrub.

- Scientific name: *Gladicosa gulosa*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 6634
- Wikidata: [Q4179646](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4179646)
- iNaturalist taxon: [220388](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/220388)

## Names

- en: Drumming Sword Wolf Spider

## Countries with the most observations

US (3061), CA (772)

## Summary

Gladicosa gulosa (the drumming sword wolf spider ) is a type of wolf spider found, among other habits, in Beech-Maple forests of the US and Canada, where the spider can be found in the plant strata of ground, herb or shrub.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladicosa_gulosa

## Photo

![Drumming Sword Wolf Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/drumming-sword-wolf-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Brighton Lee · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/314002019

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/drumming-sword-wolf-spider?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).