Arachnids of North Carolina
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Allocosa absoluta Gertsch, 1934 - a wolf spider

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Taxonomy
Order: ARANEAEInfraorder: ARANEOMORPHAEFamily: LYCOSIDAE                                                                                 
Identification
Online Description/Photos: BugGuide Google, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, GBIF
Comments: Carapace dark red brown to black, usually mottled with dull yellow or orange yellow, sometimes with pale median band and submarginal rows of pale spots (Fig. 38); pale median band sometimes enclosing paired, dark, longitudinal streaks anterior to dorsal groove; lateral margins dark; setae few. Sternum yellow orange. Chelicerae orange red. Legs yellow orange, darkening to orange red distally; femora and tibiae each with 2 broad, dark rings. Abdominal dorsum dull yellow, with extensive black spotting, occasionally yellow mesally and dark laterally; venter dull yellow, with several scattered black spots.
Total Length: Female. Total length 3.4-6.8 mm, Male. Total length 2.84.6mm.
Distribution in North Carolina
Comments: Texas and Veracruz to Florida, north to central North Carolina coast.
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Allocosa absoluta
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: Grass and litter in swamps or at the edge of lakes, from pine forests, and from beaches and dunes.
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Abundance/Frequency: Males were collected from March to September (one in December), and females from January to October.
Status in North Carolina
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