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title: "Dotted Wolf Spider"
description: "Rabidosa punctulata — Insetti e ragni. Rabidosa punctulata, the dotted wolf spider, is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/dotted-wolf-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dotted Wolf Spider

> Rabidosa punctulata — Insetti e ragni. Rabidosa punctulata, the dotted wolf spider, is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae.

- Scientific name: *Rabidosa punctulata*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi)
- iNaturalist observations: 3969
- Wikidata: [Q2876057](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2876057)
- iNaturalist taxon: [147241](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/147241)

## Names

- en: Dotted Wolf Spider

## Countries with the most observations

US (3226), CA (8), MX (5)

## Summary

Rabidosa punctulata, the dotted wolf spider, is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae. It is found in areas of weeds and tall grasses. It is a light-brown and large wolf spider with stripes on the cephalothorax and an abdomen with light spots and a dark middle stripe. Its range spreads from Massachusetts west to Kansas south to Texas and Northern Florida.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Lyn Roueche · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/97092127

## Machine access

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