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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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Pensacola Florida Possible Trapdoor or Wolf spider? - Geolycosa
Copyright © 2008 cml6541

Pensacola Florida Possible Trapdoor or Wolf spider? - Geolycosa
southwest pensacola, escambia County, Florida, USA
March 16, 2008
Size: about 3 centimeters

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Pensacola Florida Possible Trapdoor spider? - Geolycosa Pensacola Florida Possible Trapdoor spider? - Geolycosa Pensacola Florida Possible Trapdoor or Wolf spider? - Geolycosa
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Contributed by cml6541 on 16 March, 2008 - 6:03pm
Last updated 19 March, 2008 - 6:53pm

Wolf Spider
would be my guess for the same reason you mention in the other image....eye arrangement. It is definitely not a Mygalomorph.
… Lynette Elliott, 16 March, 2008 - 8:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes.
I wonder if this might be a species of Geolycosa, given the 'domed' carapace and heavy front legs. I look forward to Jeff Hollenbeck's assessment.
… Eric R. Eaton, 17 March, 2008 - 2:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Probably...
after doing more research, I've heard about a burrowing wolf spider that is supposed to inhabit this region called Geolycosa Escambiensis. I can't find any pics of it, but that's what I'm thinking it is now.
… cml6541, 18 March, 2008 - 7:05am login or register to post comments

 
Yes,
those do look very similar. Compare with this one
… Lynette Elliott, 17 March, 2008 - 3:40pm login or register to post comments

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