Comments & ID Thoughts
Found this fella in a pitfall trap I set. The spider is smaller than a nickel.
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- Submitted: Apr 10, 2018
- Photographed: Apr 10, 2018
- Spider: Lycosidae (Wolf Spiders)
- Sex:Male,
- Maturity:Adult
- Location: Provo, Utah, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Eyes
Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 This is a Wolf Spider (Lycosidae).
https://bugguide.net/node/view/1091718/bgimage
This is a Hogna Antelucana Spider, and like ItsyBitsy commented, it’s part of the Lycosidae family.