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Arctosa perita (Latreille, 1799), male. Sand bear spider. [Introduced to Canada]
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- Submitted: Apr 30, 2019
- Photographed: Apr 30, 2019
- Spider: Arctosa perita (Sand Bear Wolf Spider)
- Sex:
Male, - Location: near French Beach (Vancouver Island), on old gravel logging road., British Columbia, Canada
- Spotted Outdoors: Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc),Forest
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Dorsal
Nov 6, 2018
Nov 4, 2018
Saanichton, 
Such a beautiful spider. I like the common name “Sun Bear Spider” and can see the resemblance. I googled it but only found people using “Sand Bear Spider” for A. perita – I added both to the info. page and have “Sand Bear” as the name that shows up over the images because that’s the one I saw people using but can change it to “Sun Bear” if you think that one is more appropriate.
Ha, I knew the common name was wrong shortly after posting it. ‘Sand bear’ is correct. I was in Malaysia a few weeks ago and actually saw a Sun bear and had just emailed a friend about my trip before posting this image … must have still had sun bears on my mind. The downside is once the image is posted, there’s no way the senders can edit it. Thanks for catching and correcting the mistake.
Yes, it is a pretty spider.
Ah, I fixed it but admit I’m disappointed … I liked “Sun Bear Spider” better! haha
I actually just found this exact spider in my garage. I am VERY positive this is it. It was on a web on the top corner of my garage.. this was just two days ago, too.