Spiders of North Carolina

Arachnids of North Carolina

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

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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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Male Carapace 1 .65 mm long, 1 .22 mm wide, with a submargina l light band and the usual tuning-fork pattern . Dorsum heavily pigmented, with a light hastate mark over the heart. Sternum, coxae, labium and endites light amber colored without markings; venter similarly colored, but with pigment along the mid-line abou t one-third the width of the venter . Female: submarginal light band and tuning-fork pattern as in the male . Dorsum with paire d White spots; ventral surface yellow, immaculate except for light pigment in center o f venter. Eye arrangement and toothing of chelicerae similar to male .

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Male Carapace 1 .65 mm long, 1 .22 mm wide; Female Carapace 1 .67 mm long, 1 .12 mm wide

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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

June - August. Barne s (1953a) listed this species as the most abundant Pirata in the coastal area of North Carolina .

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North Carolina westward to Louisiana and Arkansas and southward throughout Florida and into the British West Indies .

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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

In North Carolina it was collected in pitfall traps in a variety o f situations . Barnes (1953) demonstrated a definite habitat distribution for P . suwaneus in non-forest maritime communities at Beaufort, North Carolina, using pitfall traps .

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