#4411 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Rabid Wolf Spider

Rabidosa rabida

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Mirko Schoenitz · CC0
2. © Thomas Shahan · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © David Hill · CC BY 4.0
4. © Mirko Schoenitz · CC0
5. © Thomas Shahan · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. Oklahoma, US:© Thomas Shahan · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Texas, US:© Philip Woods · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. North Carolina, US:© brown_thrasher · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Oxley Nature Center:© Aaron Goodwin · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Decatur, TX, US:© Meghan Cassidy · CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

Rabidosa rabida also known as Rabid wolf spider , is a species of spiders from the Lycosidae family, which can be found from Maine to Florida and west to Texas in the United States.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 29,092iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
29,092 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837 (189 years ago).