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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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Wolf spider - Hogna carolinensis
Copyright © 2008 Heidi Eaton

Wolf spider - Hogna carolinensis
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
September 18, 2008
Size: BL 1"
My coworker caught this wolf spider in one of our animal exhibits (at the zoo). I'm hoping it can be identified further from these pics. Not sure if you can tell sex from these pictures, either. I browsed through the wolf spider picture, and I believe the carapace pattern and eyes look most like Genus Hogna.

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Contributed by Heidi Eaton on 19 September, 2008 - 12:00am
Last updated 20 September, 2008 - 12:59am

Male
Lynette is correct.
… Bob Biagi, 17 May, 2015 - 10:03pm login or register to post comments

male?
I think I see swollen palps in your face shot. It's hard to tell for certain. With those orange fangs and spots on the underside of the legs I guess Hogna carolinensis.
… Lynette Elliott, 19 September, 2008 - 9:04am login or register to post comments

 
I think you're right
I looked through more of those pictures and comments and it does look like carolinensis. Thanks!
… Heidi Eaton, 20 September, 2008 - 12:59am login or register to post comments

 
Flip her over and you should
Flip her over and you should see a jet-black sternum and abdomen.

-Kevin
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 3 November, 2008 - 10:47am login or register to post comments

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