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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae) » Burrowing Wolf Spiders (Geolycosa) » Geolycosa missouriensis
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Turret Spider - Geolycosa missouriensis
Copyright © 2014 Joel Gardner

Turret Spider - Geolycosa missouriensis
Bunker Hills Regional Park, Anoka County, Minnesota, USA
May 18, 2014
This spider had a very interesting burrow with a short turret at the entrance, apparently made of bits of plant debris woven together. A quick search for "turret spider" turned up the genus Antrodiaetus. Can someone with more knowledge of spiders confirm or correct this? The burrow looks right, but the spider looks more like a wolf spider...

This was in a very sandy area with dunes nearby. There were many other holes in the ground, but this was the only turret I saw.

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Turret Spider - Geolycosa missouriensis Turret Spider - Geolycosa missouriensis
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Contributed by Joel Gardner on 18 May, 2014 - 8:45pm
Last updated 6 October, 2016 - 8:38am

Moved
Moved from Geolycosa wrighti.
Oops, sorry about the double move. It looks like the options for MN are G. wrighti and G. missouriensis. G. missouriensis makes a turret whereas G. wrighti does not.
… Laura P., 6 October, 2016 - 8:38am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Burrowing Wolf Spiders.
… Laura P., 6 October, 2016 - 8:32am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 19 May, 2014 - 6:42pm login or register to post comments

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Love the pic Joel!
… Matt Edmonds, 18 May, 2014 - 10:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes!
I forgot to mention how wonderful the picture is. You don't always get a good shot of a Geolycosa who just happens to be close enough to the entrance of the burrow for a picture!
… Chao "Jimmy" Wu, 18 May, 2014 - 10:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I saw something move in the burrow as I walked past, so of course I had to wait for it to reappear to see what it was! It actually wasn't more than a couple minutes before the spider crawled up far enough for a picture.
… Joel Gardner, 28 May, 2014 - 3:26pm login or register to post comments

Wolf Spider (Lycosidae)
It's an individual within the Geolycosa genus. You can tell by the fairly tall turret as well as the great "doomed" forehead on the individual.

… Chao "Jimmy" Wu, 18 May, 2014 - 9:48pm login or register to post comments

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