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Photo#143787
spider - Geolycosa pikei

spider - Geolycosa pikei
Nags Head, Dare County, North Carolina, USA
September 7, 2007
Size: BL- appr. 20mm, TL- 60mm

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spider - Geolycosa pikei spider - Geolycosa pikei

Moved

An
adult male. Micanopy is a FL species.

Probably pikei, as the 25 adult males recorded in the Geolycosa revision were collected during August and September.
Pikei seems to prefer sandy areas and does not construct a turret, so the burrow entrances would resemble these. Pikei is also closely related to patellonigra, and this one is very similar in appearance to that species.
The outer banks seem to be a good match for the prefered habitat as well.

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