Abstract
Nocturnal observation and collection of wolf spiders in cotton in the Delta region of Mississippi indicates that Coleoptera and Diptera are important prey. Lycosa antelucana Montgomery represented 75.1% of the lycosid spiders observed and 89.6% of those with prey in cotton fields. Among prey taken were the cotton insect pests Heliothis virescens (F.) and Lygus lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois). Pardosa milvina (Hentz) represented 24% of the total sample and 8.5% of those spiders observed with prey. A third lycosid species, Lycosa helluo (Hentz), captured the remaining 1.8% of the prey taken but was rarely observed ( 4%) in or near dens or retreats.
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