Photo of the Week

Wolf Spider - ♀
Wolf Spider – ♀
Arctosa perita, Lycosidae
Iona Beach Regional Park, Richmond
British Columbia, Canada
Nikon D5100, 105 mm f/2.8
March 9, 2014

A few weeks back I took a trip out to Iona Beech to look for the Tufted Duck that had been reported from the sewage ponds. Since it was a beautiful sunny day, I also took some time with my macro lens to photographing some of newly emerged arthropods.I found this female wolf spider hunting among the beach logs. I have this spider up at BugGuide if you can help me with the genus.

  • ajblake March 25, 2014, 10:27 pm

    Thanks to Laura P. for the ID. Arctosa perita is an introduced wolf spider found in sand area like the one depicted in the photo above.

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