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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae) » Rabidosa » Dotted Wolf Spider (Rabidosa punctulata)
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dotted wolf spider with regenerated leg - Rabidosa punctulata - female
Copyright © 2009 Andrew Williams

dotted wolf spider with regenerated leg - Rabidosa punctulata - Female
Overland Park, Johnson County, Kansas, USA
October 12, 2008
Added for closer view of abdomen, lacking pattern. Going with R.punctulata. KS other choice is R.rabida

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dotted wolf spider with regenerated leg - Rabidosa punctulata - female Rabidosa - with replacement leg - Rabidosa punctulata - female
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Contributed by Andrew Williams on 21 November, 2009 - 1:04pm
Last updated 23 November, 2009 - 3:37pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Andrew Williams, 21 November, 2009 - 8:52pm login or register to post comments

Body length?
Body length?
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 21 November, 2009 - 3:40pm login or register to post comments

 
premeasuring days + thought on lack of pattern
This was one of the older pics before I kept track of sizes.
I'm leaning toward Rabidosa punctulata. It appears that R.rabida has a pattern in the center brown on top of the abdomen where R.punctulata doesn't. What do you think?
compare to
… Andrew Williams, 21 November, 2009 - 3:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, that seems to be the cas
Yes, that seems to be the case, and punctulata is a bit smaller in size.

-K
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 21 November, 2009 - 4:02pm login or register to post comments

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