Rabidosa punctulata
Rabidosa punctulata, the dotted wolf spider, is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae. It is found in areas of weeds and tall grasses. It is a light-brown and large wolf spider with stripes on the cephalothorax and an abdomen with light spots and a dark middle stripe. Its range spreads from Massachusetts west to Kansas south to Texas and Northern Florida.[1]
| Rabidosa punctulata | |
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| Female Rabidosa punctulata collected at 36° N 80° W. Body length was 17 mm. She was quite calm about being moved into various poses by finger and gave no sign of aggression | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Genus: | Rabidosa |
| Species: | R. punctulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Rabidosa punctulata Hentz, 1844 | |
19 millimeter Female photographed at 36° N 80° W.
References
- Common Spiders of North America by Richard Alan Bradley, Steve Buchanan page 159
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