Venatrix speciosa

Wolf spider at Kambah, ACT

Venatrix speciosa at Kambah, ACT - 14 Aug 2020
Venatrix speciosa at Kambah, ACT - 14 Aug 2020
Venatrix speciosa at Kambah, ACT - 14 Aug 2020
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Venatrix speciosa 31 Jan 2023 MichaelMulvaney
Venatrix speciosa 2 Mar 2021 KimPullen
Unidentified 15 Aug 2020 HarveyPerkins

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Briefly found itself on the white tiles of the bathroom floor. Body length ca 18 mm, overall leg-span ca 35 mm x 40 mm.

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HarveyPerkins wrote:
   15 Aug 2020
Been looking at the photos on CNM - how do you distinguish Venatrix from Allocosa?
KimPullen wrote:
   2 Mar 2021
Hi Harvey. After looking at Volker Framenau's website http://www.lycosidae.info/identification/australia/ I now think this is a Venatrix, possibly V. speciosa or V. esposica. The images for 'Allocosa palabunda' in CNM do not match the figures from the original description of Lycosa [now Allocosa] palabunda, as reproduced in the above website. Regards, Kim.

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