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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae) » Burrowing Wolf Spiders (Geolycosa) » Geolycosa wrighti
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White sand burrowing spider - Geolycosa wrighti
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White sand burrowing spider - Geolycosa wrighti
Silver Lake, Oceana County, Michigan, USA
July 23, 2018

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Contributed by Lithrael on 24 July, 2018 - 8:41am
Last updated 24 July, 2018 - 12:45pm

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… wolfpacksved, 24 July, 2018 - 12:45pm login or register to post comments

go with wrighti for now , but ....
Five species of Geolycosa in Michigan (Sierwald 2005): fatifera, missouriensis, pikei, turricola, wrighti. I have only collected missouriensis and wrighti. The underside of wrighti abdomen is black. With no ventral pic this genus can be a real headache to id.
… wolfpacksved, 24 July, 2018 - 12:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Wow
I didn't know that Michigan had 5 species! Definitely need to be careful with ID then.
… T. Hedlund, 24 July, 2018 - 1:06pm login or register to post comments

Geolycosa
Correct, it's a burrowing wolf spider. I think it's Geolycosa wrighti.
… T. Hedlund, 24 July, 2018 - 9:22am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Cool! The face and softly defined carapace look like wrighti. She does have black ‘pads’ on the undersides of her legs though. Hmmm.
… Lithrael, 24 July, 2018 - 10:18am login or register to post comments

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