Still can't Id...

[animaliaadvocate216]

This is my male Lyco . I'm pretty sure it's a gladicosa but I can't figure out which one. He doesn't look like my females (g. pulchra and g . gulosa.) Any ideas?

 

[The Snark]

Just plain cute.

 

[animaliaadvocate216]

Just plain cute.

He looks like a grumpy old man. I call him Aragog. So far he's been great. A little shifty and doesn't really relax much but I think that's because one of my females might be ready to mate. I still want to know what species he is. I know my other two and it bugs me that I can't figure him out.

 

[WildSpider]

@pannaking22 @Ungoliant @chanda @NYAN Any ideas what Aragog might be guys? Thanks in advance .

 

[pannaking22]

Location would help. I agree with Gladicosa and male as well.

 

[animaliaadvocate216]

Location would help. I agree with Gladicosa and male as well.

Missouri

 

[loxoscelesfear]

pulchra and gulosa are easy to tell apart. the underside of pulchra is all black

 

[animaliaadvocate216]

pulchra and gulosa are easy to tell apart. the underside of pulchra is all black

This is true . I have one of both . My male is neither . Which is what I'm trying to figure out .

 

[loxoscelesfear]

dorsal color matches pulchra; whitish-gray. Appears to have a stocky build like pulchra. Do you find these on tree trunks? Check the palps postmortem. Allen R. Brady 1986 best reference for identifying Gladicosa. Nearctic Species of the New World Wolf Spider Genus Gladicosa

 

[animaliaadvocate216]

dorsal color matches pulchra; whitish-gray. Appears to have a stocky build like pulchra. Do you find these on tree trunks? Check the palps postmortem. Allen R. Brady 1986 best reference for identifying Gladicosa. Nearctic Species of the New World Wolf Spider Genus Gladicosa

See I was thinking pulchra as well but my female is so much more dark than he is.

 

[The Snark]

See I was thinking pulchra as well but my female is so much more dark than he is.

It's very common for the male of many species to be lighter color than the female. Also, all spiders turn a lighter color to some extent right before a molt.
The color shade issue is simple survival of the species. Females need to be camouflaged, males need to be highly visible.

 

[animaliaadvocate216]

It's very common for the male of many species to be lighter color than the female. Also, all spiders turn a lighter color to some extend right before a molt.
The color shade issue is simple survival of the species. Females need to be camouflaged, males need to be highly visible.

That makes a lot of since.