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Photo by Fyn Kynd
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Field Notes

Description:

Wolf Spider? (I'm really bad with Spiders). This poor thing only had 5 legs!

Habitat:

Houses.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (7)
Uday
badly injured! missing three legs
Aaron_G
Eric is really good with the invertebrates. :-)
Fyn Kynd
This has been ID'd as a Male funnel-web weaver, family Agelenidae. Probably a species of Agelenopsis. by Eric R. Eaton
coolsnake01
One time I saw a spider with six legs 4 of them huge, two of them tiny. It also had huge fangs but it was small.
Aaron_G
That is one skinny male, and you're right - it's seen better days.
samloftus61
It looks a lot like a Hobo Spider, but I don't think they're found in Maine...

Spotted for Missions

Mission
WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
Mission
International Spider Survey
Mission
2012 Best Wildlife Photo
Mission
New England Arthropods
Photographed
PublishedSeptember 19, 2012

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