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Unidentified

Picture ID 190378

Picture of unidentified spider

Comments & ID Thoughts

Presumably a member of Lycosidae, maybe genus Lycosa?

  • Submitted by: 
    Renown
  • Submitted: Oct 6, 2023
  • Photographed: Oct 6, 2023
  • Spider: Unidentified
  • Location: Barcelona, Spain
  • Spotted Outdoors: Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc)
  • Found in web?: No
  • Attributes:
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Nod

Yes i agree that it is a wolf spider. I had a quick google and u have 3 lycosa wolf spiders in Spain and they are all quite large.. about 20 to 30 mm (body size alone excluding the legs). My guess would be a little pardosa wolf spider….but tis onlyna guess.

Nod

Sorry i wasnt clear in my answer. I think it is too small to be a in the genus lycosa…
it might be a much smaller wolf in the genus pardosa.
They hold their heads quite high and they tend to stand with their relatively long thin back legs straight behind them. I am from ireland though and we dont have as many spider species as you have in Spain. It could be a different species that i am unfamiliar with.

Nod

They are very hard to identify to species level without a microscope. Different individuals in the same species look totally different.