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SpidersCan you help id this spider?
Wasn’t sure if this was a spotted fishing spider, wolf spider or something else?
Rick
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I admire your courage getting close enough to a Rabid Wolf Spider, Lycosa rabida, to place a $5 bill. The spider, though large and fearsome appearing, is actually harmless. It is found in woods and meadows among litter and on low foliage from Oklahoma north to Nebraska, east to Maine, and south to Florida. People fear the bite, hence the common name. A closely related species in Europe, Lycosa tarentula, is responsible for a crazy legend stating the only way to survive the bite is to dance the wildly provocative tarentella.
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