Variable Wolf Spider
Venator spenceri
Arachnidstrong against insects, birds
Common
While active with another arachnid in play, its target loses 4 HP at the start of each of its turns, as long as it stays active (7 with two others).
Venator spenceri
Photo: © Kerri-Lee Harris (original photo) · CC BY 4.0 (licence text) · cropped
Strong against: it deals 20% more damage to them. Weak against: these types deal 20% more damage to it.
Venator spenceri is a wolf spider (i.e., in the Lycosidae family), endemic to Australia and found in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia.
It was described in 1900 by Henry Roughton Hogg. Spiders of the genus Venator, including V. spenceri, are medium-sized wolf spiders with body lengths ranging from 9 to 22 millimeters. They typically exhibit a brownish coloration and possess a distinctive black patch covering the anterior three-quarters of the ventral surface. Venator spenceri can be distinguished from other wolf spiders by genitalic features. Females have an elevated atrium on the epigyne that forms a raised edge bordering an inverted T-shaped median septum. In males, the tegular apophysis of the pedipalp often features a retrolateral incision that corresponds to the edge on the female epigyne.
This species is part of the Bassian fauna and is distributed in southeastern Australia, with confirmed presence in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. V. spenceri is typically found in dry sclerophyll forests, reflecting its adaptation to temperate woodland environments.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Venator spenceri, by its authors, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
No global status on the IUCN Red List: that’s what makes this card Common.
Every Common card has 100 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:
How they’re shared out:
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DEF 27