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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynes » Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae) » Thinlegged Wolf Spiders (Pardosa) » lapidicina group (Pardosa lapidicina group) » Stone spider (Pardosa lapidicina)
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WolfvSpider?? - Pardosa lapidicina
Copyright © 2009 burtch07

WolfvSpider?? - Pardosa lapidicina
North Charleston, Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA
September 30, 2009
my 3year old son found this bad boy by the tv....it was really fast and huge!! I thought it was a Brown recluse at 1st but upon further notice i decided it wasnt. Is this a Wolf Spider?? I hurt his back leg on accident trying to catch him, i let him free in the yard afterwards.

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WolfvSpider?? - Pardosa lapidicina WolfvSpider?? - Pardosa lapidicina
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Contributed by burtch07 on 30 September, 2009 - 8:08pm

If you are not sure whether i
If you are not sure whether it is a wolf spider, then what makes you certain that it is Pardosa lapidicina?
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 1 October, 2009 - 1:08am login or register to post comments

 
I second that
This is almost certainly a species of Hogna. I don't know of any Pardosa that are this large and robust for one thing.
… Eric R. Eaton, 1 October, 2009 - 10:02am login or register to post comments

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