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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae) » Rabidosa
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Wolf Spider? - Rabidosa
Copyright © 2013 Matthew Zito

Wolf Spider? - Rabidosa
Bethel Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 1, 2013

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Contributed by Matthew Zito on 3 September, 2013 - 3:05am
Last updated 3 September, 2013 - 8:16am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 3 September, 2013 - 8:16am login or register to post comments

Rabidosa
Ok so here's a problem. These two spiders are from the same location suggesting that they are part of a population. However, this spider looks like R. punctulata. I'm not sure what to think of this at this point.
… Lynette Elliott, 3 September, 2013 - 8:10am login or register to post comments

 
Is it possible I have several
Is it possible I have several species of wolf spider living in my yard. There seems to be a pretty big difference in size and coloration among individual specimens.
… Matthew Zito, 3 September, 2013 - 4:47pm login or register to post comments

 
For example, all three of the
For example, all three of the spiders I submitted today were smaller than a Rabid Wolf Spider I photographed in the same place on August 24th, and another (not submitted) that I photographed the same day.
… Matthew Zito, 3 September, 2013 - 4:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Possible, but
what I'm thinking is the smaller ones that look like R. punctulata may be juvenile R. rabida. Juveniles often have different marking than the adults... which makes IDing spiders just that much harder.
… Lynette Elliott, 3 September, 2013 - 5:25pm login or register to post comments

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