Arachnids of North Carolina
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Order:
Araneae - Spiders
Opiliones - Harvestmen
Pseudoscorpiones - Pseudoscorpions
Scorpiones - Scorpions
Scientific Name:
Common Name:
Family (Alpha):
ACROPSOPILIONIDAE-
AGELENIDAE-Funnel Weavers
AMAUROBIIDAE-Hacklemesh Weavers
ANTRODIAETIDAE-Folding Trapdoor Spiders
ANYPHAENIDAE-Ghost Spiders
ARANEIDAE-Orb Weavers
ATYPIDAE-Purseweb Spiders
BUTHIDAE-
CADDIDAE-
CHEIRACANTHIIDAE-
CHEIRIDIIDAE-
CHELIFERIDAE-
CHERNETIDAE-
CHTHONIIDAE-
CICURINIDAE-
CLUBIONIDAE-Sac Spiders
CORINNIDAE-Antmimics and Ground Sac Spiders
COSMETIDAE-Armoured harvestmen
CTENIDAE-Wandering Spiders
CYBAEIDAE-
DEINOPIDAE-Ogrefaced spider
DESIDAE-
DICTYNIDAE-Mesh Web Weavers
DYSDERIDAE-
EUCTENIZIDAE-Wafer-lid Trapdoor Spiders
FILISTATIDAE-
GARYPINIDAE-
GNAPHOSIDAE-Ground Spiders
HAHNIIDAE-
HALONOPROCTIDAE-
HYPOCHILIDAE-
LARCIDAE-
LEPTONETIDAE-
LINYPHIIDAE-Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders
LIOCRANIDAE-Liocranid Sac Spiders
LYCOSIDAE-Wolf Spiders
MICROHEXURIDAE-
MIMETIDAE-Pirate spiders
MITURGIDAE-Prowling Spiders
MYSMENIDAE-
NEOBISIIDAE-
NEPHILIDAE-
NESTICIDAE-Scaffold Web Spiders
OECOBIIDAE-Wall spiders
OONOPIDAE-
OXYOPIDAE-Lynx Spiders
PHALANGIIDAE-
PHALANGODIDAE-Armoured harvestmen
PHILODROMIDAE-Running Crab Spiders
PHOLCIDAE-
PHONOGNATHIDAE-
PHRUROLITHIDAE-
PISAURIDAE-Nursery Web Spiders
SABACONIDAE-
SALTICIDAE-Jumping Spiders
SCLEROSOMATIDAE-
SCYTODIDAE-
SEGESTRIIDAE-
SICARIIDAE-
SPARASSIDAE-Giant Crab Spiders
STERNOPHORIDAE-
TARACIDAE-
TETRAGNATHIDAE-Long-jawed Orb Weavers
THERIDIIDAE-Cobweb Spiders
THERIDIOSOMATIDAE-Ray Spiders
THOMISIDAE-Crab Spiders
TITANOECIDAE-
TRACHELIDAE-
TRIAENONYCHIDAE-Armoured harvestmen
TRIDENCHTHONIIDAE-
ULOBORIDAE-Cribellate Orb Weavers
VAEJOVIDAE-
ZOROPSIDAE-False Wolf Spiders & Wandering Spiders
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Lycosidae Members:
Allocosa absoluta
Allocosa funerea
Allocosa furtiva
Allocosa mulaiki
Allocosa sublata
Alopecosa aculeata
Alopecosa unidentified species
Arctosa littoralis
Geolycosa fatifera
Geolycosa pikei
Geolycosa turricola
Geolycosa unidentified species
Gladicosa gulosa
Gladicosa pulchra
Gladicosa unidentified species
Hogna antelucana
Hogna baltimoriana
Hogna carolinensis
Hogna frondicola
Hogna lenta
Hogna unidentified species
Pardosa atlantica
Pardosa lapidicina
Pardosa milvina
Pardosa moesta
Pardosa pauxilla
Pardosa saxatilis
Pardosa unidentified species
Pirata alachuus
Pirata apalacheus
Pirata aspirans
Pirata hiteorum
Pirata iviei
Pirata montanus
Pirata piraticus
Pirata sedentarius
Pirata spiniger
Pirata suwaneus
Pirata sylvanus
Piratula insularis
Piratula minuta
Rabidosa carrana
Rabidosa hentzi
Rabidosa punctulata
Rabidosa rabida
Schizocosa avida
Schizocosa bilineata
Schizocosa crassipes
Schizocosa floridana
Schizocosa humilis
Schizocosa ocreata
Schizocosa retrorsa
Schizocosa salsa
Schizocosa saltatrix
Schizocosa unidentified species
Tigrosa annexa
Tigrosa aspersa
Tigrosa georgicola
Tigrosa helluo
Trabeops aurantiacus
Trebacosa marxi
Trochosa abdita
Trochosa sepulchralis
Trochosa terricola
Varacosa avara
Varacosa shenandoa
NC
Records
Pirata sedentarius
- a pirate wolf spider
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Taxonomy
Order:
ARANEAE
Infraorder:
Araneomorphae
Family:
Lycosidae
Identification
Online Description/Photos:
BugGuide
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iNaturalist
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Wikipedia
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GBIF
Comments:
Male Carapace 2.80 mm long, 2 .00 mm wide . The body and legs are very light amber color and the legsare conspicuously hirsute . Dorsally there is almost no pigment pattern and ventrally th e animal is immaculate. Anterior eye row narrower than the posterior median row, slightly procurved, th e anterior median eyes about half again as large as the anterior laterals ; these four eye s about evenly spaced. Clypeus height slightly greater than the diameter of an anterio r median eye . Lower margin of the furrow of the chelicerae with three unequal teeth, the middle tooth the largest and closer to the lateral than to the median tooth . Legs 4123, unhanded . Tibia I with four long overlapping, ventral, two lateral and on e apical spines. Tibia II with four ventral, two lateral and one apical spines. The proximal ventro-prolateral spine is conspicuously reduced in size . Female: Carapace 3 .20 mm long, 2 .37 mm wide, with a wide marginal light area and pigmented tuning-fork pattern . Dorsum with light hastate mark lightly bounded by scattered pigment ; with four pairs o f spots and the sides covered with white scales. Ventral surface immaculate . Anterior eye row and clypeus similar to the male, lower margin of the furrow of th e chelicerae armed as in the male . Legs 4123, unhanded . Tibia I with two pairs of long, ventral, overlapping spines. Tibi a II with four ventral, one prolateral, and one apical spines . The ventral prolateral spines are reduced to bristles.
Total Length:
Male Carapace 2.80 mm long, 2 .00 mm wide, female Carapace 3 .20 mm long, 2.37 mm wide
Distribution in North Carolina
Comments:
Southern Canada, United States, Mexico, Cuba, Haiti .
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Adult phenology:
High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
Piedmont (Pd)
Coastal Plain (CP)
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Habitats and Life History
Habitats:
forest edge; near water
Observation Methods:
Abundance/Frequency:
Most of the collections in the southeastern United States are from June, July and August, females from every month but November, December and February and males from February through September. Egg sacs from April through August.
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
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State Protection:
Comments: