Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR)

Adelocosa anops
(Spiders)
Kauai cave wolf spider

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Species description or overview

Good guy: Kauai cave wolf spider
Endangered Adelocosa anops lacks eyes and is only found in the dark zone of caves in the Koloa region of Kauai.

Kauai cave arthropods overview View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
An overview of Kauai's cave spider and amphipod is provided by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (Hawaii's Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy, 2005).

Taxonomy & nomenclature

ITIS nomenclature info for Adelocosa anops
Nomenclatural information about Adelocosa anops is provided by ITIS.

Federal endangered/threatened status

Adelocosa anops species profile from USFWS
A species profile for Adelocosa anops is provided by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, including links to information regarding the federal endangered/threatened status of this species.

Images

Good guy: Kauai cave wolf spider
Endangered Adelocosa anops lacks eyes and is only found in the dark zone of caves in the Koloa region of Kauai.

In the news

Night-flying creatures face a scary future
Native Hawaiian owls, bats, and spiders are threatened with extinction (Star Bulletin, 10/30/2007).

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