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Wolf Spider

Family Lycosidae

Photo by Johan Heyns
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

# 600: Wolf spider wandering around on the porch.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
Jacob Gorneau
What a beautiful spider! Congratulations on 600 spottings, Johan! It looks like a member of Pisauridae to me, too. I have a hard time with Lycosidae and Pisauridae, though. Here's a link for United States Pisauridae: http://bugguide.net/node/view/1963/bgpage

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Mission
WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
Mission
International Spider Survey
Photographed
PublishedMarch 17, 2013

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