The Northern of the Three - _TNY_4257
The common forest wolf spider (Pardosa lugubris) is abundantly common in Sweden, but where I live (in Stockholm) it is still very difficult to ID as there are two more species (P. saltans and P. alacris) which look almost exactly the same.
This one however is absolutely a P. lugubris as it was photographed in my mother-in-law's garden outside Härnösand which is 500 km to the north of Stockholm and the distribution of the other two species don't extend that far north.
The Northern of the Three - _TNY_4257
The common forest wolf spider (Pardosa lugubris) is abundantly common in Sweden, but where I live (in Stockholm) it is still very difficult to ID as there are two more species (P. saltans and P. alacris) which look almost exactly the same.
This one however is absolutely a P. lugubris as it was photographed in my mother-in-law's garden outside Härnösand which is 500 km to the north of Stockholm and the distribution of the other two species don't extend that far north.