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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)
Photo#58471
Copyright © 2006 L J Hayes

"Blue" Spider - Pardosa
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
April 15, 2006
Size: 1 1/2 centimetres
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Contributed by L J Hayes on 18 June, 2006 - 8:30pm
Last updated 12 April, 2016 - 7:52pm

Moved
Moved from Wolf Spiders.
… Laura P., 12 April, 2016 - 7:52pm login or register to post comments

Wolf Spider
That's a wolf spider (Lycosidae). The blue thing is its egg sac. Not only do the females cary around the egg sac, but they will also carry around the spiderlings on their back!
Welcome to Bugguide!
(I am from Victoria myself)
… Sean McCann, 18 June, 2006 - 8:39pm login or register to post comments

 
"Blue Spider"
Thanks, Sean!! It's been driving me nuts-I looked all over the internet to no avail.
This is a way cool site!

L J H
… L J Hayes, 18 June, 2006 - 8:42pm login or register to post comments

 
We agree with Wolf Spider
though we don't know enough to even guess at a genus. Don't know which part of the spider was blue, but to us, the blue behind the spider looks more like one of the stones in the image than an egg sac. Difficult to tell for sure. If you look through the images in the guide, you will see wolf spiders carrying eggs in exactly that position, but usually the spider herself will look very shriveled from laying all those eggs!
… john and jane balaban, 19 June, 2006 - 9:04am login or register to post comments

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