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Wolf spiders have higly developed eyes and hunt by vision at night. If you wear a headlamp it is possible to see the light reflect off their eyes at a distance while walking in a grassy area. Last month I went out at night time and came across several different species of spider.

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unsure of id, likely Lycosidae possibly Pardosa milvina

Rabidosa rabida

Tropical orb weaver, Eriophora ravilla

Opiliones, probably Leiobunum. I don't really know how to tell the difference between sclerosomatids

Probably Hogna or Schizocosa

A fairly large Rabidosa rabida

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