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A stone spider (Pardosa lapidicina) camouflages amongst lichen in Little River Canyon National Preserve, Alabama, USA

by Alan Cressler

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@plantaeovata submitted: I'm very curious as to which species these two little spiders are! Usually, I am pretty good at IDing, but these have stumped me. They were adorable, and I'd love to put a species to their little faces.

Thanks!

(Found in [removed]. I'd appreciate the location being removed from this!).

Cuties! They both look like thin-legged wolf spiders in the genus Pardosa to me :)

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New spiders! (tentative IDs)

First girl arrived literally on my doorstep. I do believe it was the girl I saw the week before in the upper hallway who appeared out of nowhere to munch on a bug that landed on the carpet. She found herself at my door a few days later, and once spiders get to my doorstep / around my door (the spider 'death zone'), they tend to stay around there until maintenance comes to vacuum them up :(

Trochosa sp.:

Her name is Potema and is a mature female. She put up literally no fuss when acquired, seemed very chill about it. Her favourite hobbies are sitting in her water spot until I give her water, and staring at me.

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Second girl was on the door frame the other day and is missing 1 leg. I had a feeling her sitting there and not minding me passing her by would end up dangerous. Sure enough shortly after I acquired her, maintenance came by to vacuum.

Pardosa sp.:

She doesn't have a name yet, and I'm iffy on the ID since she's bigger than Potema, but her legs are thin and spiny and has the classic face. Her colouration is more of a flat dark grey with speckling that's difficult to discern, and no striping pattern on her head or bum. Her favourite hobbies are expressing displeasure at the state of the world, and not hiding ever.

She also made egg today

Fresh shipment of crickets came in, so they all got yummy cricket meals today :)

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Thin-legged Wolf Spider (Genus Pardosa), juvenile, taken October 10, 2025, in Georgia, US

A small wolf spider hanging out on the wet edge of a mud puddle! Despite many wolf spiders preferring drier, leafier environments, there are several species that enjoy living near the water's edge. While I usually see this particular local around the edges of creeks, I can also find them around puddles taking advantage of the brief oasis. This guy may have been stalking the many mosquito larvae in this puddle, though there were also plenty of tasty, adventurous crickets milling about if this individual was craving a larger meal!