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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)
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Large gray spider with web-lined hole - Geolycosa
Copyright © 2019 WingedChimera

Large gray spider with web-lined hole - Geolycosa
Petrified Forest National Park , Apache County, Arizona, USA
March 27, 2019
Size: 1.5" long body
Dune habitat. Spider had distinct web lines hole in sand.
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Contributed by WingedChimera on 27 March, 2019 - 11:24am
Last updated 28 March, 2019 - 8:26pm

rafaelana
similar to wrighti but darker, only other similar species is gosoga, which only ranges into extreme northwest arizona in the small bit of mojave that bleeds into it.
… Marcus bullock, 17 May, 2022 - 5:32pm login or register to post comments

Nice
find.
It is a Geolycosa, but most likely need a ventral view to determine species.

The burrow beneath the spider appears to be from a completely different specimen, as a burrowing wolf spider would not web itself out of it's burrow. It also appears too small.

The webbed up burrow is most likely a juvenile specimen preparing to molt, or an abandoned burrow taken over by a web building spider.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 28 March, 2019 - 8:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Geolycosa Holes
Thanks! There were a lot of these holes all over the small dune.
… WingedChimera, 6 April, 2019 - 6:40pm login or register to post comments

Moved for the experts
Moved from ID Request. Geolycosa?
… Chad Heins, 27 March, 2019 - 2:21pm login or register to post comments

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