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Fishing spider? - Pardosa xerampelina

Fishing spider? - Pardosa xerampelina
London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
September 12, 2011

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Moved from Spiders. John - feel free to move to species page if you'd like... I just wasn't sure how sure you are.

Moved
Moved from ID Request. I think wolf spider is right, maybe one of the Pardosa.

 
P. xerampelina
I think that Pardosa xerampelina is a good possibility, based on the dorsal patterns of the carapace and abdomen. Compare with this one, identified by the epigyne:

If we're seeing the eyes right,
this looks more like a Wolf Spider, but something unusual about it. We'll keep thinking.

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