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Dotted Wolf Spider

Rabidosa punctulata

4,304 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 55, February 52, March 59, April 113, May 69, June 34, July 30, August 31, September 67, October 123, November 125, December 50.
United States3,232
Texas620
Virginia308
North Carolina240
Maryland231
Missouri200
West Virginia152
Ohio122
Tennessee117
Illinois115

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • VenomousProduces venom for defense or huntingFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassArachnids · Arachnida
OrderSpiders · Araneae
FamilyWolf Spiders · Lycosidae
GenusRabidosa

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