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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae) » Hogna » Carolina Wolf Spider (Hogna carolinensis)
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spider with babes on its back - Hogna carolinensis
Copyright © 2007 jbuddenh

spider with babes on its back - Hogna carolinensis
a south central County, Texas, USA
August 11, 2002
Size: 4 inches
At the time I thought this was a tarantula, but have been told it is not.
All help appreciated. I have other pictures, including a closeup of head, if that would help.
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Contributed by jbuddenh on 19 November, 2007 - 4:13pm
Last updated 22 November, 2007 - 5:16pm

Looks
like a Carolina wolf spider.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 19 November, 2007 - 10:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Jeff. There is anothe
Thanks Jeff. There is another picture of it on flickr (where I call it a tarantula .. I will correct that), but I didn't know a wolf spider could get so big .. it was at least as large as the palm of my hand. Do these Carolina wolf spiders exist in south central Texas? Here is the link to the flickr picture, which shows a closeup from the front showing head, eyes etc. in case that clinches your ID.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbuddenh/289927718/in/set-72157594319719254/
… jbuddenh, 21 November, 2007 - 8:19am login or register to post comments

It is a safe bet that it is a wolf spider
in the Lycosidae. The females in that family carry their young on their backs
… john and jane balaban, 19 November, 2007 - 4:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks john and jane. There
Thanks john and jane. There is a closer up picture on flickr, here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbuddenh/289927718/in/set-72157594319719254/
just in case you can be more specific by seeing it (I have to change the label over there).
… jbuddenh, 21 November, 2007 - 8:23am login or register to post comments

 
....
Makes me itch....
… Sam Houston, 19 November, 2007 - 5:59pm login or register to post comments

 
:-), maybe for her it scratch
:-), maybe for her it scratches the itch.
… jbuddenh, 21 November, 2007 - 8:23am login or register to post comments

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