Small female lycosid - Pardosa californica

Moved

Moved from Wolf Spiders. Thanks, Kevin! First ones I've found - if you have nice habitus photos of this species - please add them here! :)

… Ken Schneider, 31 January, 2010 - 9:59am

No, sorry, unfortunately I accidentally injured my one specimen while collecting it.

-K

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 31 January, 2010 - 10:37am

(I wasn't sure that you would find the necessary drawings, but there is an article by Vogel (2004) that is available at the AAS archive.)

-K

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 30 January, 2010 - 2:55pm

Pardosa

Yes, Pardosa. I think I recognize the species as well (collected one myself in Los Angeles), but I'll let you first work on the ID, if you want...

-K

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 30 January, 2010 - 12:13pm

Thanks, Kevin -

I found the Vogel paper but couldn't initially find a match. Thanks to your support of the genus and re-looking at the paper, I think these spiders are both P. californica...

… Ken Schneider, 31 January, 2010 - 12:32am

Yes!

Yes, that would be my vote. They seem to be found everywhere. Is that the state spider then? :-)

-K

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 31 January, 2010 - 1:45am