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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynes » Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae) » Arctosa
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Wolf Spider - Arctosa
Copyright © 2009 John Pearson

Wolf Spider - Arctosa
Oak Island, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Bayfield, Ashland County, Wisconsin, USA
August 5, 2009
Size: ~15 mm body
Lone individual on barren, sandy beach along lakeshore. Resting partially over black pebble in this dorsal view.

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Contributed by John Pearson on 7 August, 2009 - 8:16pm
Last updated 9 August, 2009 - 6:40pm

Moved
Moved from Wolf Spiders.
… John Pearson, 9 August, 2009 - 6:40pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John Pearson, 7 August, 2009 - 11:24pm login or register to post comments

eye pattern resembles wolf spider
I don't know which one though.


… Andrew Williams, 7 August, 2009 - 9:08pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree
It's a wolf spider of some kind.
… Lynette Schimming, 7 August, 2009 - 11:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Arctosa?
Seems that genus is a beach specialist....
… Eric R. Eaton, 9 August, 2009 - 10:48am login or register to post comments

 
Likely
That does seem like the likely genus.
… Lynette Schimming, 9 August, 2009 - 3:34pm login or register to post comments

 
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I will place this on the Arctosa page for now. Thanks, Andy, Eric, and Lynette!
… John Pearson, 9 August, 2009 - 6:41pm login or register to post comments

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