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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae) » Burrowing Wolf Spiders (Geolycosa) » Geolycosa missouriensis
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Wolf Spider - possible Geolycosa - Geolycosa missouriensis
Copyright © 2008 mncedars

Wolf Spider - possible Geolycosa - Geolycosa missouriensis
Grantsburg, Burnett County, Wisconsin, USA
September 16, 2008
Size: 3/4 inch body

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Contributed by mncedars on 17 September, 2008 - 9:14am
Last updated 9 February, 2014 - 11:41pm

Moved
Moved from Wolf Spiders.
… Laura P., 9 February, 2014 - 11:41pm login or register to post comments

Beautiful
I remain fascinated with this genus. In WI there are likely only missouriensis and wrighti. This is very different from our local missouriensis. And we have no wrighti shots here. Excellent facial shot.
… Herschel Raney, 18 September, 2008 - 7:49am login or register to post comments

 
Don't think it's wrighti...
That species makes its burrows in open sand and without a conspicuous turret of debris, according to:
Dondale, Charles D. and James H. Redner. 1990. The Wolf Spiders, Nurseryweb Spiders, and Lynx Spiders of Canada and Alaska. Canadian Government Publishing Centre, Ottawa.
… Charley Eiseman, 5 January, 2009 - 7:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the input
I have been searching the net a bit for a wrighti but the only image I found so far was an all gray pic. The front legs were all the same color on that one, where this guy/gal has dark on the front legs. Same with the one in the burrow from earlier this year.

I laid on the road to get the head shots. I was very lucky this one wasnt feeling very active.
… mncedars, 18 September, 2008 - 7:05pm login or register to post comments

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