Distribution Records PDF
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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 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 |
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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 |
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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checklist_mt_low <4,000 ft. | |
checklist_pd Piedmont | |
checklist_cp Coastal Plain | |
habitat |
forest, mesic slope, bogs, oak mesic forest, |
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Photo Gallery for Pirata montanus a pirate wolf spider |
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