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Velvet Spider

Stegodyphus sp.

Photo by Bernadette S
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

body about 1.5 cm in length

Habitat:

living in his web on my front screen door

Notes:

Wolf Spider, Family Lycosidae is my best guess! Can anyone confirm?

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Bernadette S
Thanks for your help, ashutosh.dudhatra! This is the first time I've spotted one of these in my house/garden.
Ashutosh Dudhatra
Hi,its not wolf spider its one of the Stegodyphus Species....they are included in family of velvet spiders... i'd spotted one just before two days.... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/725496002

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PublishedSeptember 1, 2014

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