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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 ruricola
Trochosa sepulchralis
Trochosa terricola
Varacosa avara
Varacosa shenandoa
NC
Records
Pirata montanus
- a pirate wolf spider
Male
Female
Male
Female
Taxonomy
Order:
ARANEAE
Infraorder:
Araneomorphae
Family:
Lycosidae
Identification
Online Description/Photos:
BugGuide
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iNaturalist
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Wikipedia
,
GBIF
Comments:
Description of female. Carapace 3 .0 mm long, 2.1 mm wide, with a wide dorsal light colored band that extends from the posterior margin o f carapace, becoming wider as it approaches the posterior lateral eyes and enclosing a tuning-fork mark which is incomplete, i .e ., broken up into four patches of pigment ; side s heavily pigmented with no trace of marginal or submarginal light areas . General body color amber in unpigmented areas ; dorsum pigmented with indistinct hastate mark ; legs unbanded . Ventral surfaces of body and legs unmarked . Lower margin of the furrow of the chelicerae with three stout teeth which are almost equal in size . Anterior row of eyes distinctly procurved, much narrower than the posterior median row ; anterior eyes almost equal in size, equally spaced ; clypeus height at anterior lateral eyes equal to the diameter of an anterior lateral eye . Legs 4123. Description of male .—From Raleigh Co. W . Va. Carapace 2 .3 mm long, 1 .7 mm wide ; sides black; a wide mid-dorsal light stripe extends from the posterior margin to the posterior lateral eyes, widening to inclose the tuning-fork pattern in the head region ; the head region bears a sparse covering of white hair-like structures which are longest betwee n the posterior median eyes; the lateral edges of the carapace are adorned with closely set , short white hair-like bristles. The dorsum of the abdomen has an indistinct hastate mark , lateral rows of white scales, and four pairs of spots covered with white scales. Lowe r margin of the furrow of the chelicerae with three robust teeth which are almost equal i n size . Anterior eye row distinctly procurved and considerably narrower than the posterio r median row; anterior eyes almost equal in size and evenly spaced . Sternum, labium, endites and coxae I and II pigmented ; sternum with a median longitudinal light stripe ; distal end of endites light colored . Venter anteriorly, and epigastric region, darkly pigmented . Legs 4123 . The legs are yellow above except for coxae I and II and proximal five - sixths of femora I and II which are almost black, and femora III and IV which have a lightly pigmented band near the distal end . The leg pattern is the same below except tha t the pigment on femora I and II covers the whole surface .
Total Length:
Male Carapace 2 .3 mm long, 1 .7 mm wide. Female Carapace 3 .0 mm long, 2.1 mm
Distribution in North Carolina
Comments:
Northeastern United States and Canada ; south into North Carolina ; west into Iowa and Minnesota.
County Map:
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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, mesic slope, bogs, oak mesic forest,
Observation Methods:
Abundance/Frequency:
May to August. egg sacs from June, July, August and September .
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
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Comments:
Photo Gallery for
Pirata montanus
- a pirate wolf spider
Photos: 11
Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2024-08-22
Macon Co.
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Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2024-07-24
Macon Co.
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Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2024-07-24
Macon Co.
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Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2024-07-24
Macon Co.
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Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2024-07-24
Macon Co.
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Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2024-05-31
Macon Co.
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Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2024-05-31
Macon Co.
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Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2024-05-28
Macon Co.
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Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2024-05-28
Macon Co.
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Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2022-03-06
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2019-05-28
Transylvania Co.
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