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Wolf Spider - Pirata
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Wolf Spider - Pirata
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
April 16, 2005
Size: 1/4"
It was small and climbing up a dead birch tree.
Contributed by tom murray on 17 April, 2005 - 9:33pm
Last updated 29 January, 2006 - 9:01am

Wolf Spider
Pirata or Pardosa, possibly Pirata piraticus.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 28 January, 2006 - 8:44am

 
New better pictures
I just posted this same species today, maybe now it can be identified.
… tom murray, 28 January, 2006 - 9:58pm

 
replied
to your recent image before reading this. I still think Pirata.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 29 January, 2006 - 8:20am

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