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title: "Brush-legged Split Wolf Spider"
description: "Schizocosa ocreata — Insetos e aranhas. Schizocosa ocreata is a species of wolf spider in the family Lycosidae that is found in North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/brush-legged-split-wolf-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brush-legged Split Wolf Spider

> Schizocosa ocreata — Insetos e aranhas. Schizocosa ocreata is a species of wolf spider in the family Lycosidae that is found in North America.

- Scientific name: *Schizocosa ocreata*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 3752
- Wikidata: [Q3461524](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3461524)
- iNaturalist taxon: [153816](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/153816)

## Names

- en: Brush-legged Split Wolf Spider

## Countries with the most observations

US (275), CA (3)

## Summary

Schizocosa ocreata is a species of wolf spider in the family Lycosidae that is found in North America. The Schizocosa ocreata is a spider that is most commonly known as the “brush-legged wolf spider” because of the distinct dark-colored fur-like coverings around the front legs of males. The S. ocreata are commonly found in North American states, usually in the middle and eastern United States. 
They are predated, typically in areas of large forestry, by many organisms that are visually acute such as various birds, the American toad (Anaxyrus americanus), and other large organisms. Similarly to other species, these…

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

## Photo

![Brush-legged Split Wolf Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brush-legged-split-wolf-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: James Henry Emerton (1847 – 1931) · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Common_Spiders_U.S._184-5.png

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brush-legged-split-wolf-spider?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).