Spiders of North Carolina

Arachnids of North Carolina

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Scientific Name: Common Name:		Family (Alpha):

Allocosa absoluta - a wolf spider LYCOSIDAE Members:			NC Records	BugGuide Account	Public View

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Distribution Records
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Vetting Levels

Adult phenology:
High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
Piedmont (Pd)
Coastal Plain (CP)

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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.

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Female. Total length 3.4-6.8 mm, Male. Total length 2.84.6mm.

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1 identifiable by photo 2 identifiable by photo of specific features and/or supplementary info 3 identifiable from specimen only

abundance

Males were collected from March to September (one in December), and females from January to October.

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Texas and Veracruz to Florida, north to central North Carolina coast.

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>=4,000 ft.

Regular	Frequent	Infrequent	Occasional	Seldom	Frequency Regular – almost always observed on given visit; >=90% chance of observation Frequent – usually observed on a given visit; >=50%<90% chance of observation Infrequent – observed less than 50% of visits; >=25%<50% chance of observation Occasional – observed on only on a small minority of visits; >=10%<25% chance of observation Seldom – not usually seen on visits; <10% chance of observation These terms refer to visits to appropriate habitats made at appropriate times of the year, making use of common sampling/observation methods. Under those conditions, Frequency refers to the chance of observing at least one individual on a given visit made anywhere within a particular region, or over multiple visits to a single site.

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<4,000 ft.

Regular	Frequent	Infrequent	Occasional	Seldom

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Piedmont

Regular	Frequent	Infrequent	Occasional	Seldom

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Coastal Plain

Regular	Frequent	Infrequent	Occasional	Seldom

habitat

Grass and litter in swamps or at the edge of lakes, from pine forests, and from beaches and dunes.

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