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Species Rabidosa rabida - Rabid Wolf Spider

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Lycosidae (Wolf Spiders)
Genus Rabidosa
Species rabida (Rabid Wolf Spider)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Rabidosa rabida (Walckenaer)
Orig. Comb: Lycosa rabida Walckenaer, 1837
Explanation of Names
rabida (L.) unfavorable behavior, furious. Presumably a reference to its fast movement.
Size
Length of female 16 to 21 mm; of male 11 to 12 mm (1).
Identification
The ground color is yellow, with brownish to black longitudinal stripes. In this species, the median dark band of the abdomen is broken and encloses lighter areas. The male has leg I dark brown or black. The venter does not have the significant black coloration or large black spots seen on similar species, such as R. punctulata or R. carrana. (1)
Juvenile:
Female: Ventral:
Male:
Range
e. US (TX-FL-ME-NE) / Mex. - Map (1)(GBIF)
Season
mostly: Mar-Nov (GBIF)
Life Cycle
This species overwinters as juveniles, which mature in early summer to midsummer. Mating and egg sac construction occurs in midsummer to early fall, and mature females with babies are observed in the fall.(2)(3) These date ranges may vary depending on the local climate.
Print References
Brady & McKinley. 1994. Nearctic Species of the Wolf Spider genus Rabidosa (Araneae: Lycosidae). The Journal of Arachnology. 22(2): 138-160. (JSTOR) (2)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.How to Know the Spiders
B. J. Kaston. 1978. WCB/McGraw-Hill.
2.Nearctic Species of the Wolf Spider Genus Rabidosa
Allen R. Brady and Kelly S. McKinley'. 1994. The Journal of Arachnology 22 :138—16.
3.Life History of the Dotted Wolf Spider, Lycosa punctulata Hentz (Araneida: Lycosidae)
Eason, R. R. & Whitcomb, W. H. 1965. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 19: 11-20.