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title: "Rabid Wolf Spider"
description: "Rabidosa rabida — Insects & spiders. Rabidosa rabida, also known as the rabid wolf spider, is a species of spiders from the family Lycosidae, native to North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/rabid-wolf-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rabid Wolf Spider

> Rabidosa rabida — Insects & spiders. Rabidosa rabida, also known as the rabid wolf spider, is a species of spiders from the family Lycosidae, native to North America.

- Scientific name: *Rabidosa rabida*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 28222
- Wikidata: [Q4177688](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4177688)
- iNaturalist taxon: [147930](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/147930)

## Names

- en: Rabid Wolf Spider
- es: Arañas lobo de tres bandas

## Countries with the most observations

US (23783), MX (283), CA (124), HN (4)

## Summary

Rabidosa rabida, also known as the rabid wolf spider, is a species of spiders from the family Lycosidae, native to North America. In the United States it is found from Maine to Florida and west to Texas.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabidosa_rabida

## Photo

![Rabid Wolf Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rabid-wolf-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Mirko Schoenitz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/147930

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/rabid-wolf-spider?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).