Thinlegged Wolf Spider - Pardosa

Moved

Moved from Spiders.

… John Pearson, 25 October, 2009 - 8:53pm

A Pardosa, I would say; it se

A Pardosa, I would say; it seems like it shouldn't be too difficult to pin down based on the markings...

-Kevin

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 25 October, 2009 - 2:45pm

Wolf spider

I think I can see the wolf spider eyes there.

… Lynette Schimming, 25 October, 2009 - 11:03am

Pardosa lapidicina - Stone Spider?

Thanks Lynette and Kevin. Having paged through the Pardosa gallery, P. lapidicina looks like a possibility to me based on abdominal mottling, sharply banded legs, and habitat:

...but I am not qualified to make the final call.

… John Pearson, 25 October, 2009 - 6:52pm

I'm not qualified to make that call either

There are just too many wolf spiders I don't know to ID this to species.

… Lynette Schimming, 26 October, 2009 - 8:46am

Yeah, we're all a bit weak in

Yeah, we're all a bit weak in the Lycosidae, it seems (self included)...

-K

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 26 October, 2009 - 11:37am

Thanks again and one last mystery

I am happy to get any spider to genus, thanks for that! (But if I have over-interpreted your comment, please let me know.)

Here is one last mystery: when I re-read the Pardosa lapidicina posting that I provided as a linked thumbnail just above, I see that the author seemed to have agreed with the comment that it was not Pardosa after all (possibly being Arctosa instead)...but the whole posting is classified as Pardosa lapidicina.

… John Pearson, 26 October, 2009 - 11:55am

Arctosa

well, that's funny. I can't even tell you genus on this, so no help here.

… Lynette Schimming, 26 October, 2009 - 2:00pm