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Wolf Spider

Description:

Perfect camouflage for the sandy habitat. Hogna sp.?

Habitat:

Fire-suppressed longleaf pine sandhill savanna

Notes:

1 Species ID Suggestions

Neil Ross
Neil Ross 6 years ago
White sands wolf spider
arctosa sanctaerosae White Sands wolf spider - Geolycosa - BugGuide.Net


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3 Comments

Neil Ross
Neil Ross 6 years ago

Good one. It's narrowed down between the two. Santa Rosa wolf spider is also found in Florida, but the images are the same for both species - https://bugguide.net/node/view/177876 I think my suggestion (common name) should have been this one, not the White sands wolf spider. Hopefully bugguide can clarify.

Machi
Machi 6 years ago

Thanks Neil! I submitted it to bugguide because I have found a similar looking one in these woods that they put under Arctosa littoralis... Unless you see a defining feature that definitely rules it out?

Neil Ross
Neil Ross 6 years ago

Beautiful spotting, and really well spotted, Machi. I love this spider :)

Machi
Spotted by
Machi

Crystal River, Florida, United States

Spotted on Sep 4, 2017
Submitted on Dec 13, 2017

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