Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Register
·
Log In
Home
Guide
ID Request
Recent
Frass
Forums
Donate
Help
Clickable Guide
Calendar
Upcoming Events
Registration
is open for the
2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho
July 24-27
Moth submissions
from
National Moth Week 2023
Photos of
insects
and
people
from the
2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico
, July 20-24
Photos of
insects
and
people
from the
Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana
, April 28-May 2
Photos of
insects
and
people
from the
2019 gathering in Louisiana
, July 25-27
Photos of
insects
and
people
from the
2018 gathering in Virginia
, July 27-29
Previous events
Taxonomy
Browse
Info
Images
Links
Books
Data
Home
» Guide »
Arthropods (Arthropoda)
»
Chelicerates (Chelicerata)
»
Arachnids (Arachnida)
»
Spiders (Araneae)
»
True Spiders (Araneomorphae)
»
Entelegynae
»
Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae)
»
Schizocosa
Photo#670018
Copyright © 2012
Abigail Adams
Do I have a rabid Wolf Spider? -
Schizocosa
Teller County, Colorado, USA
July 4, 2012
I found this outside of my apartment. It looks to me like a rabid wolf spider. Any details anyone can give me would be appreciated.
tag
·
login
or
register
to post comments
Contributed by
Abigail Adams
on 7 July, 2012 - 3:52pm
Last updated 13 July, 2012 - 12:11am
Moved to Schizocosa
Moved from
ID Request
. I'm going ahead with this ID for now, but sometimes I get pretty confused between this genus & Alopecosa.
…
Lynette Elliott
, 13 July, 2012 - 12:11am
login
or
register
to post comments
Schizocosa
I can see why. To me, it resembles the Schizocosa pics more strongly than the Alopecosa. Also, I live in a mountainous, dry, forested area. If I'm not mistaken, this is not the likely habitat for Alopecosa, though I admit I don't know that much about them.
…
Abigail Adams
, 14 July, 2012 - 5:16pm
login
or
register
to post comments
Schizocosa
I think you're right about that. Species- I'm still not sure. I don't have any extreme close-ups, my camera doesn't do that. So it may be hard to be really sure about this one.
…
Abigail Adams
, 10 July, 2012 - 12:14pm
login
or
register
to post comments
Hard to be sure
I suspect it won't be possible to ID to species on this one. S. avida does occur in CO, but so do 5 other species in the genus according to the info page. Someone who knows the genus might be able to narrow it down, I'm unsure.
PS. a neat trick to turn just about any camera into an excellent macro tool is to hold a standard photographic lens backwards in front of your camera's lens. You can get some pretty ridiculous magnification that way - I've had good luck in the past doing that with my compact.
…
Kyron Basu
, 10 July, 2012 - 1:46pm
login
or
register
to post comments
Thanks!
Thanks for the tip! I'll bet my dad has one. He's got a bunch of lenses! Of course I'd have to set the spider down. :)
Yeah, there are a bunch of these running around here. I see them every summer. I got my camera for Christmas so I might post more in the future.
…
Abigail Adams
, 10 July, 2012 - 11:24pm
login
or
register
to post comments
Schizocosa?
I think this one might actually be in the genus Schizocosa, but I'm not sure what species. Here's a Schizocosa avida for comparison:
…
Kyron Basu
, 7 July, 2012 - 6:22pm
login
or
register
to post comments
Schizocosa
Thank you. I'll check that out. It does look like it.
…
Abigail Adams
, 8 July, 2012 - 4:58pm
login
or
register
to post comments
Comment viewing options
Flat list - collapsed
Flat list - expanded
Threaded list - collapsed
Threaded list - expanded
Date - newest first
Date - oldest first
10 comments per page
30 comments per page
50 comments per page
70 comments per page
90 comments per page
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.