Arachnids of North Carolina
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Pirata sedentarius - a pirate 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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id_comments Male Carapace 2.80 mm long, 2 .00 mm wide . The body and legs are very light amber color and the legsare conspicuously hirsute . Dorsally there is almost no pigment pattern and ventrally th e animal is immaculate. Anterior eye row narrower than the posterior median row, slightly procurved, th e anterior median eyes about half again as large as the anterior laterals ; these four eye s about evenly spaced. Clypeus height slightly greater than the diameter of an anterio r median eye . Lower margin of the furrow of the chelicerae with three unequal teeth, the middle tooth the largest and closer to the lateral than to the median tooth . Legs 4123, unhanded . Tibia I with four long overlapping, ventral, two lateral and on e apical spines. Tibia II with four ventral, two lateral and one apical spines. The proximal ventro-prolateral spine is conspicuously reduced in size . Female: Carapace 3 .20 mm long, 2 .37 mm wide, with a wide marginal light area and pigmented tuning-fork pattern . Dorsum with light hastate mark lightly bounded by scattered pigment ; with four pairs o f spots and the sides covered with white scales. Ventral surface immaculate . Anterior eye row and clypeus similar to the male, lower margin of the furrow of th e chelicerae armed as in the male . Legs 4123, unhanded . Tibia I with two pairs of long, ventral, overlapping spines. Tibi a II with four ventral, one prolateral, and one apical spines . The ventral prolateral spines are reduced to bristles.
total_length Male Carapace 2.80 mm long, 2 .00 mm wide, female Carapace 3 .20 mm long, 2.37 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
abundance Most of the collections in the southeastern United States are from June, July and August, females from every month but November, December and February and males from February through September. Egg sacs from April through August.
distribution_comments Southern Canada, United States, Mexico, Cuba, Haiti .
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>=4,000 ft.
Regular
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Seldom
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<4,000 ft.
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Seldom
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Piedmont
Regular
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Infrequent
Occasional
Seldom
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Coastal Plain
Regular
Frequent
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Occasional
Seldom
habitat forest edge; near water
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