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Wolf spider

Lycosidae

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

Crossing an asphalt pathway, with nothing but very flat ground for a hundred or so metres. A very 'tall' cephalo-thorax and relatively tiny abdomen. I also thought it could be viewed the wrong way around. About 18mm long.

Habitat:

Suburban pathway.

Notes:

Wolf spiders seem to have mostly flat cephalothorax?

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (8)
Mark Ridgway
Thanks guys... how often do these seemingly ordinary spottings turn to something tricky.
StephenSolomons
It does look a lot like a wolf spider, not a salticid but it also looks a little like a mimic of some sort. Nice find
Jacob Gorneau
Amazing!! I love the lighting which really brings out the detail on this spider!
Mark Ridgway
Thanks for that Atul. It was probably way too big for a salticid (but it did some impressive jumps) - I'll get to searching for it soon...
Atul
Looks like a Wolf spider ...Family Lycosidae surely not a Salticid :)
Mark Ridgway
I'm so glad someone else sees it that way. Thanks Lauren... yes the legs too :-)
LaurenZarate
If a bug wants to hide BEHIND the spider, it'll get a head-on surprise! :)))
LaurenZarate
This is really neat! Even the leg insertion pattern looks backwards!

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International Spider Survey
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PublishedMarch 27, 2013

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