Wolf Spider - probably immature or female

I'm pretty sure this is a wolf spider, but there are quite a few different species, so it may be some time before I can positively ID her. - Update - I'm pretty sure this is an alopecosa kochi. It could be a female, but for a wolf spider it was still quite small, and this early in the year I'd guess it's still immature.

http://bugguide.net/node/view/259081

comments (3)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Understandable, they are a hard category to identify indeed. Posted 10 years ago
1. morpheme
  
  Lion
  
  I think it may be alopecosa kochi or alopecosa aculeata http://bugguide.net/node/view/6924/tree
  edit - I found a reference from the Burke Museum that says kochi is common in eastern WA and arculeata is rare, (and the differences are microscopic!) so I think I'm willing to say it's alopecosa kochi - cool.. didn't figure I'd ID this one, and at least not nearly this quickly Posted 10 years ago, modified 10 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Excellent, thank you for the persistence. Posted 10 years ago