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Wolf-spider

Wolf-spider - Xerolycosa nemoralis

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WildFlower

Lion

I'm not convinced about this ID. It doesn't have the broad light colour stripe along the back of the cephalothorax.
http://www.eurospiders.com/Xerolycosa_nemoralis.htm
http://www.spiderling.de/arages/Fotogalerie/Galerie_Xerolycosa.htm
http://www.insecte.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=175497
http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=2629 Posted 10 years ago, modified 10 years ago
1. Jivko Nakev
  
  Lion
  
  X.minuata is very similar, even closer to the specimen I pictured, but it's habitat is completely different - up to 180 m altitude, dry sandy shores. This one is captured on Vitosha mountain, about 1200 m altitude, in dry grassland. Posted 10 years ago
2. 1. WildFlower
    
    Lion
    
    Spiders can be very hard if not impossible to identify without a closer inspection.
    Pardosa amentata also looks similar and it is found at altitude up to 2300 m.
    http://www.eurospiders.com/Pardosa_amentata.htm
    http://ednieuw.home.xs4all.nl/Spiders/Lycosidae/Lycosidae.htm
    http://wiki.spinnen-forum.de/index.php?title=Pardosa_amentata Posted 10 years ago

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The Burnt Wolf Spider

Xerolycosa nemoralis is a member of the family Lycosidae - Wolf-spiders.

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Similar species: Spiders

Species identified by Jivko Nakev

By Jivko Nakev

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Uploaded Oct 18, 2014. Captured Sep 6, 2014 15:04 in Unnamed Road, Bulgaria.

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Canon EOS 70D
f/6.3
1/160s
ISO640
100mm

Captured in the summer. More summer photos.