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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae) » Unidentified Wolf Spiders covered with young
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Wolf spider - female
Copyright © 2008 Todd

Wolf spider - Female
Collinsville, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA
July 4, 2008
Size: about 1"
Found in the grass using a flashlight to reflect off the eyes of the spider. Definitely a wolf spider with lings, any idea on the genus or species?

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Wolf spider - female Wolf spider - female
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Contributed by Todd on 6 July, 2008 - 2:02pm
Last updated 24 February, 2011 - 11:35am

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… john and jane balaban, 13 September, 2008 - 3:35pm login or register to post comments

forest wolf spider
i think thats what it is a forest wolf spider(Lycosa gulosa)with little spiderlings too huh its a good mother as well as a hunter too
… Ben Beemer, 25 July, 2008 - 8:21pm login or register to post comments

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