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Large spider - Rabidosa rabida
Copyright © 2009 William Hull

Large spider - Rabidosa rabida
Cincinnati Nature Center Rowe Woods, Clermont County, Ohio, USA
October 12, 2009
Size: Body length ~ 1 in
Found moving through grass on mowed grass trail.
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Contributed by William Hull on 19 October, 2009 - 9:30pm
Last updated 28 October, 2009 - 8:21pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Punctulata and rabida are listed for Ohio. Given the faint light areas in the abdominal median band I think this is rabida.

List of Ohio spiders:
http://www.marion.ohio-state.edu/SpiderWeb/ProvisionalSpiderList.htm
… William Hull, 28 October, 2009 - 8:21pm login or register to post comments

 
I think I agree
I'm not as familiar with this genus as I would like to be, but I think R. rabida is correct.
… Mandy Howe, 28 October, 2009 - 9:38pm login or register to post comments

Looks like...
...one of the Rabid Wolf Spiders in the Rabidosa genus.
… Mandy Howe, 20 October, 2009 - 12:00am login or register to post comments

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