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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae) » Trochosa » Trochosa ruricola
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wolf spider - Trochosa ruricola - female
Copyright © 2010 tom murray

wolf spider - Trochosa ruricola - Female
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
March 27, 2010
Size: 9.5mm
Found in leaf litter near a log.

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Contributed by tom murray on 28 March, 2010 - 4:18pm
Last updated 28 May, 2016 - 9:30am

Moved
Moved from Trochosa terricola.
I'm trying to straighten these out a bit. Because T. terricola and T. ruricola are so similar IDing from pictures may not be 100% reliable but I think this is a better fit over here. T. ruricola tends to have bigger breaks in the submarginal carapace band, bigger dark spots on the abdomen, darker coloration around the face and the outer edges of arches on the epigynum (I need to look up the proper term) look like they may be curved more to the center where as they flare outward on T.terricola.
… Laura P., 28 May, 2016 - 9:30am login or register to post comments

 
Laura, you might be right with the move, but Kevin had the specimen in hand when he made the call.
… tom murray, 28 May, 2016 - 5:20pm login or register to post comments

 
No disrespect intended,
I know he's busy and may not have time to look into it for a while. In the mean time it *looks* right over here - not guaranteeing that is. Her bright face kept standing out from the rest, I couldn't ignore her. :) If he's certain it belongs where it was it will go back with an explanation as to why which will help with accuracy in the future.
… Laura P., 28 May, 2016 - 11:49pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Trochosa.
… tom murray, 5 May, 2010 - 8:43pm login or register to post comments

On initial inspection (I'm mo
On initial inspection (I'm mostly just repackaging just now), looks like a good match to Trochosa terricola.

-K
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 4 May, 2010 - 3:39pm login or register to post comments

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