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Dotted Wolf Spider

Rabidosa punctulata

Field notes

Rabidosa punctulata, the dotted wolf spider, is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae. It is found in areas of weeds and tall grasses. It is a light-brown and large wolf spider with stripes on the cephalothorax and an abdomen with light spots and a dark middle stripe. Its range spreads from Massachusetts west to Kansas south to Texas and Northern Florida.

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Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided