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spider on Olympic coastal beach, WA - Pardosa

spider on Olympic coastal beach, WA - Pardosa
Olympic Coast County, Washington, USA
July 20, 2018
walking on coastal beach. Several there. Odd eye arrangement. Any idea as to species would be greatly appreciated.

Moved
Moved from Wolf Spiders.

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Moved from ID Request.

Yes, the eye arrangement
of a Wolf spider, Lycosidae. Did you take a dorsal image that you can add?

 
Sorry. No. Just these 3/4 vie
Sorry. No. Just these 3/4 views. I suspect it's Arctosa littoralis but not certain.

 
In addition to ...
the eye cluster I look at the spines on the legs when differentiating A. littoris from Pardosa.

 
Agreed
A couple of years back I ran across Arctosa littoralis on the beaches of SC. According to noted Lycosid expert F. Punzo, these spiders are found across the United States, so the fact that you found yours in Washington and I have seen them on the East Coast is consistent with their distribution.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/24322345?seq=1#page_scan_tab_content

Yes, the eye arrangement, at least what I am able to see suggest that this is indeed a wolf spider. What size was the spider? A. littoralis is a fast moving small/medium sized spider. The coloring and camouflage certainly make me think A. littoralis.

 
Thanks all for your input.
Thanks all for your input.

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