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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) » Pardosa groenlandica
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Adult Female - Pardosa groenlandica - female
Copyright © 2010 John Sloan

Adult Female - Pardosa groenlandica - Female
Whitecourt, Alberta, Canada
July 11, 2010
Size: BL = 9 mm
Collected from a gravel pit a few kilometers north of Whitecourt.

The variety in general appearance among spiders of the same species is amazing. I would never have guessed from looking at this spider, for example, that it is the same species as a lighter-colored, mottled specimen I collected only last month. Based on the epigynes, though, both appear to be P. groenlandica:


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Contributed by John Sloan on 11 July, 2010 - 10:22pm

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Is the variation/difference less when you compare the specimens under alcohol/water?

-K
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 12 July, 2010 - 6:35am login or register to post comments

 
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It has only been a few weeks since the first one was preserved, but the difference between them is a little less now.
… John Sloan, 12 July, 2010 - 1:16pm login or register to post comments

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