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Wolf spider - female
Copyright © 2009 Carol Davis

Wolf spider - Female
Antelope Island, Davis County, Utah, USA
October 16, 2009
Size: 1/2 inch
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Contributed by Carol Davis on 18 October, 2009 - 9:46am

Alopecosa?
Alopecosa?
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 18 October, 2009 - 2:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Alopecosa?
Lynette, perhaps you could ask about this one? A. kochi seems to be the most likely candidate (assuming that Alopecosa is correct), but I wonder whether the cardiac mark is so strong in kochi. I've got a partial copy of Dondale & Redner's Lycosidae book; it contains an illustration of the dorsum of A. exasperans, a species apparently from further north, which is a close match here, but I don't have the description (missing pages 312 & 313).

What does anyone think?

-Kevin
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 18 October, 2009 - 2:54pm login or register to post comments

Nice shot
whenever possible, please try to also photograph the ventral side. Wolf spiders are a huge group and we need all the help we can get for an ID. Thanks!
… Lynette Schimming, 18 October, 2009 - 10:48am login or register to post comments

 
Hi, Lynette,
I always try to get shots from all angles but this spider was high on an outside wall and I had to drag over a rock and stand on my tiptoes just to get this shot. I only wish I'd had a ladder with me. :] It's a snappy-lookin' spider.
… Carol Davis, 18 October, 2009 - 1:01pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Carol Davis, 18 October, 2009 - 9:46am login or register to post comments

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