Spiders of North Carolina

Arachnids of North Carolina

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Pirata montanus - a pirate wolf spider Lycosidae Members:			NC Records	BugGuide Account	Public View

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Male

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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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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 .

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Male Carapace 2 .3 mm long, 1 .7 mm wide. Female Carapace 3 .0 mm long, 2.1 mm

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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

May to August. egg sacs from June, July, August and September .

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Northeastern United States and Canada ; south into North Carolina ; west into Iowa and Minnesota.

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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

forest, mesic slope, bogs, oak mesic forest,

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Photo Gallery for Pirata montanus a pirate wolf spider
	Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn Macon Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn Macon Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn Macon Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn Macon Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn Macon Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn Macon Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn Macon Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn Macon Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn Macon Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn Buncombe Co. Comment:
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