Distribution Records
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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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Description of male .—From the E. S . George Reserve, Livingston Co ., Michigan,
VIII-3-51, H.K .W. 1448 . Carapace 2.07 mm long, 1 .55 mm wide, with a wide marginal
light area and the usual tuning-fork pattern . Dorsum heavily pigmented, with narrow light
colored area over the heart and four pairs of patches of white scales . Coxae and endite s
light, without pigment, sternum and labium lightly pigmented ; venter with irregular
patches of pigment .
Anterior eye row narrower than median row, slightly procurved ; the anterior median
eyes twice as large as laterals, closer to laterals than to each other . Clypeus height equal t o
diameter of anterior lateral eye . Lower margin of furrow of checlicerae armed with thre e
unequal teeth, the middle tooth the largest, the lateral the smallest, the middle tooth
closer to the lateral than to the median .
Legs 4123, banded. Tibia I with seven ventral and lateral spines . Tibia II with eight
ventral and lateral spines. For palpus see Fig . 58 .
Description of female .—Same data as male . Carapace 2 .20 mm long, 1 .58 mm wide ,
with a wide marginal light area and tuning fork pattern ; color and pattern as in the mal e
(Figs. 56-57). Eye arrangement and dentition of chelicerae as in the male . Epigynum (Fig .
60) .
Legs 4123, faintly banded. Tibia I with six ventral and lateral spines. Tibia II with
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Male Carapace 2.07 mm long, 1 .55 mm wide, female Carapace 2 .20 mm long, 1 .58 mm wide. |
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| adult_id | 1 identifiable by photo 2 identifiable by photo of specific features and/or supplementary info 3 identifiable from specimen only |
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Summer. Males have been taken from May into August but most from June and July . The earliest record of a female is from April, none in May and three from September . Most of the records are from June, July and August . Females with egg sacs have been taken in June, July and August. |
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Northeastern United States and Canada, east of the Dakotas, south to Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia.
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old field, roadside vegetation, swamps, bogs, ponds and marshes. |
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Photo Gallery for Pirata aspirans a pirate wolf spider |
 | Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn
Caldwell Co.
Comment: |  | Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn
Graham Co.
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 | Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn
Surry Co.
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