Arachnids of North Carolina
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Allocosa furtiva 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, sometimes iridescent, with few setae. Sternum dark brown. Chelicerae black. Legs dark red brown to black, sparsely covered with setae; femora and tibiae each with 2 indistinct, dark rings. Abdominal dorsum dull yellow, densely reticulated with black; venter dark yellow orange, with few small, black spots.
Total Length: Female. Total length 4.1-5.8 mm, Male. Totallength3.7-5.1 mm.
Distribution in North Carolina
Comments: Texas to Florida, north along Atlantic seaboard to Long Island, New York, all of coastal North Carolina.
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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: moist litter on beaches. A few are from the ground in mesic, hardwood areas or in sugarcane fields.
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