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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae) » Thin-legged Wolf Spiders (Pardosa)
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wolf spider? - Pardosa
Copyright © 2010 Lee-ann Dunton

wolf spider? - Pardosa
Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area, South Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
March 28, 2010
Size: About 1 1/2"
i think this is a wolf spider, but i could be wrong. it was about an inch and a half big (including the legs) & was jumping from rock to rock down by the edge of the salt river.
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Contributed by Lee-ann Dunton on 29 March, 2010 - 2:54pm
Last updated 9 February, 2014 - 11:24am

Moved
Moved from Wolf Spiders.
… Laura P., 9 February, 2014 - 11:24am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 30 March, 2010 - 9:08am login or register to post comments

Could be a Pisauridae (Nurser
Could be a Pisauridae (Nursery web spiders) but cant tell. You could distinguish looking at the eye pattern.
… redraidermty, 29 March, 2010 - 9:51pm login or register to post comments

Wolf spider
of some kind looks right to me too.
… Lynette Elliott, 29 March, 2010 - 3:17pm login or register to post comments

 
I second wolf spider
You can see the posterior lateral eyes situated far back on the "head".
… Mandy Howe, 29 March, 2010 - 10:44pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree.
Behavior shouts "Pardosa!" They are very common along rocky riverbeds here.
… Eric R. Eaton, 29 March, 2010 - 11:12pm login or register to post comments

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