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Species Hogna frondicola

large wolf spider - Hogna frondicola - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynes)

Family Lycosidae (Wolf Spiders)

Genus Hogna

Species frondicola (Hogna frondicola)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Lycosa frondicola

Size

Female: 11 to 14 mm

Male: 9 to 12 mm

Identification

Dark brown with light grey markings. The venter is black. (1)

Carapace generally has a wide grey stripe down the center and white on the edges. There are also two to four black dots in the center of the abdomen.

Range

New England and adjacent Canada south to North Carolina and west to the Rockies. (1)

Remarks

Formerly Lycosa frondicola (See World Spider Catalogue for Lycosidae)

See Also

H. gulosa.

Works Cited

1.	How to Know the Spiders By B. J. Kaston

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 13 April, 2004 - 5:51pm
Additional contributions by Lynette
Last updated 12 September, 2009 - 11:01am

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