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Black spiders to identify - Pardosa - male - female

Black spiders to identify - Pardosa - Male Female
Berkeley, Alameda County, California, USA
February 7, 2015
Size: medium
Hello! This spider has invaded my Berkeley, CA garden. I'd like to know what they are. They seem to inhabit plants and the ground - I don't see webs anywhere. They crawl all over the place constantly during the daytime in a sort of jerky darting motion. There are so many of them now that I can't sit anywhere in the yard anymore without them crawling all around me, eek. Thanks for your help! Hope the photo is good enough.

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Moved from ID Request.

Wolf Spiders
It's an adult male & female. Laura can probably tell you more.

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