Wolf spider - Schizocosa sp. - Schizocosa

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… Glen Peterson, 19 May, 2009 - 7:35am

Another great picture

I'm not sure what the genus might be on this one, though. Pardosa sp. comes to mind, but I'm not positive. It isn't unusual to find wolf spiders of different species in the same area, so unless you see these males trying to court or mate with the female in your other picture (which looks like Hogna sp.), I'd leave it open for now as to whether or not they're actually the same species. Generally, my experience is that male wolf spiders are about the same size as females of their own species - perhaps even having a slightly larger leg span than she does.

… John Sloan, 15 May, 2009 - 12:05pm

Hi, John- (I'm slowly bein

Hi, John-

(I'm slowly being lured back into BG, it seems.) Are there Pardosa with such "furry" tibias?

"Tromba"(?), you are welcome to send one to me or John or someone else for further identification -- if no one here recognizes the species.

-Kevin

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 15 May, 2009 - 1:30pm

Pardosa with furry tibia?

Good question, Kevin. I forgot all about those (and with the picture right in front of me)! The eyes made me think of Pardosa, for some reason; but, that's not very specific, I know. Suggestions?

… John Sloan, 15 May, 2009 - 2:00pm

Schizocosa... ?

Better idea, I think (thanks to the Howell/Jenkins book): Schizocosa... (they depict S. crassipes, but I've no idea whether other species in the genus also share the bushy tibias).

Update: S. bilineata also has this feature, so perhaps more do. And now I know why this looked familiar -- Andrew Williams just posted a similar-looking specimen (today, I think), which Lynette immediately recognized.

-K

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 15 May, 2009 - 2:25pm

Schizocosa sp. with bristles on TibiaI

Here's the list I have so far, but this is based on those for which I have images -- I imagine there are more, perhaps all sp.?

S. bilineata
S. crassipes
S. ocreata

For bilineata I only have Kaston's drawing; the other two seem to have a darker coloration than this specimen (if that counts for anything here).

-K

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 15 May, 2009 - 2:38pm

Need top view?

I'm wondering if a view of this spider from above might be helpful?

The nearctic database lists all three of those species in S. Carolina, including a couple of others I'm not familiar with:

http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiderslist/SC

… John Sloan, 15 May, 2009 - 3:11pm

Top view of Schizocosa spider

Here is the best top view I could get of the Lycosidae:Schizocosa spider we were talking about last week. Sorry this is no where near the quality of the others. It rained Sunday and it was cold today and they were really scarce. Maybe if it's warm tomorrow I'll have better luck. I should be able to collect some for you if you like. I could put them in a small spice jar with rubbing alcohol and mail them somewhere if necessary... Can you mail rubbing alcohol?

… Glen Peterson, 18 May, 2009 - 3:47pm

Thanks so much. It's really nice of you to take such an interest. I have an incredibly bad side-shot which reveals a wide whitish strip down the middle of the cephalothorax very similar to the Schizocosa image I found on bugguide. I probably can't get out to photograph more until Sunday but I'll try to get a shot of the back then.

… Glen Peterson, 15 May, 2009 - 5:24pm