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
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

  1. Common Spiders of North America by Richard Alan Bradley, Steve Buchanan page 159
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