Rabidosa rabida
(Rabid Wolf Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Rabidosa rabida, commonly known as Rabid Wolf Spider, belongs to the genus Rabidosa, in the family Lycosidae. Rabidosa rabida spiders have been sighted 15 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Rabidosa rabida includes 1 countries and 7 states in the United States. Rabidosa rabida is most often sighted during the month of May.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Lycosidae
Genus: Rabidosa
Species: Rabidosa rabida

Other Common Names

Rabid Wolf Spider

Author

Charles Athanase Walckenaer, 1837

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Sightings Overview

There have been 15 confirmed sightings of Rabidosa rabida (Rabid Wolf Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on August 9, 2024 by Spider ID member zaidalin. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 15 sightings because of certain Rabidosa rabida sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 7% of the time, Rabidosa rabida spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 15)
Sex: 0 female and 4 male.
Environment: Rabidosa rabida has been sighted 8 times outdoors, and 8 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (2). Low foliage (1). Ground layer (4). Under rock or debris (1).