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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae) » Alopecosa
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Wolf Spider in Santa Cruz Mountains - Alopecosa
Copyright © 2012 Ameet Zaveri

Wolf Spider in Santa Cruz Mountains - Alopecosa
Skyline Ridge Open Space, San Mateo County, California, USA
April 8, 2012
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Contributed by Ameet Zaveri on 14 April, 2012 - 3:28am
Last updated 12 February, 2014 - 11:06pm

Moved
Moved from Wolf Spiders.
… Laura P., 12 February, 2014 - 11:06pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 14 April, 2012 - 11:20am login or register to post comments

The eyes say Wolf Spider
in the Lycosidae
… john and jane balaban, 14 April, 2012 - 7:38am login or register to post comments

 
Alopecosa kochi?
Could it be Alopecosa kochi?
… Ameet Zaveri, 14 April, 2012 - 6:56pm login or register to post comments

 
It's possible
But I just don't know how to know for sure. The wolf spiders are a tough family to ID using pictures. A size & ventral view would help... but honestly we still probably wouldn't know for sure.
… Lynette Elliott, 14 April, 2012 - 7:20pm login or register to post comments

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