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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Running Crab Spiders (Philodromidae) » Thanatus » Thanatus formicinus
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wolf spider? - Thanatus formicinus
Copyright © 2011 Molly Jacobson

wolf spider? - Thanatus formicinus
Merrimack, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
February 24, 2011
I was following an ant on the ground and suddenly it scurried away, and then this huge spider jumped out and looked as if it were about to pounce on the ant. I intercepted it with my camera, and when I touched it, it did a 180 and pounced on my finger!! It didn't bite me but for ten minutes we had a stare-down and then it jumped off and ran away.
Perhaps the female of this spider

which I found a little ways down the hill I was on?

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Contributed by Molly Jacobson on 25 April, 2011 - 2:52pm
Last updated 25 April, 2011 - 6:52pm

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… John Sloan, 25 April, 2011 - 6:52pm login or register to post comments

Same comment - wrong eyes
Maybe Thanatus instead
… john and jane balaban, 25 April, 2011 - 3:20pm login or register to post comments

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