Wolf Spider (Tetralycosa alteripa?) on a small crest of mud in the dry salt bed of Lake Ballard, Western Australia.

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Lake Ballard is a large salt lake in the Goldfields Region of Western Australia and is fanous for the "salt people" sculptures of Sir Antony Gormley. It is 51km from the small township of Menzies. Three species of Tetralycosa (salt-tolerant wolf spiders) are known to inhabit the lake bed.

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Size: 2900px × 2186px
Location: Lake Ballard, Goldfields, Western Australia, Australia
Photo credit: © steve waters / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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