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LABORATORY studies have shown that wolf spiders (Lycosidae) may prefer temperatures above the ambient air temperature of their normal environment1,2. They are commonly active on clear days in winter and may repeatedly move in and out of the sun. In addition, they carry their egg sacs on their spinerettes and apparently incubate them in the sun3,4. While the observations suggest that these spiders may exhibit behavioural thermoregulation, it has not been demonstrated.
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HUMPHREYS, W. Behavioural thermoregulation in a wolf spider. Nature 251, 502–503 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/251502a0
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