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Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae) - Tigrosa georgicola

Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae) - Tigrosa georgicola
Clarksville TN, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA
July 12, 2010
Size: Inch
This spider was located in bottomland forests in leaf littler, Running Clear water Creek nearby
Any ID would be great. Thank you
Kathleen

Images of this individual: tag all
Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae) - Tigrosa georgicola Wolf Spider - Tigrosa georgicola Some  type of fishing Spider?? - Tigrosa georgicola

Moved
Moved from Wolf Spiders.
Some species of Hogna were moved to a new genus, Tigrosa.

Hogna helluo ?
Reminds me of H. helluo. Some descriptions say is is greenish brown, though I can't be sure this coloring is from a recent molt like others have mentioned.

 
Thank you
This is an interesting discussion, So Is it that after molting, These animals are very colorful and fresh looking, just like a snake is shinny and colorful after shedding?

 
Yep
Their coloration is different directly after molting. Once they have a few days to "harden," the permanent coloration reveals itself.

 
Thank you
I wish I had taken More Images, But I was lucky to get three good shots. Thank you
Kathleen

Moved
Moved from Spiders.

Moved
Moved from ID Request. Well - I've been wrong before and I'll be wrong again! :) Let's move it here and see what other folks think...

 
Definitely a wolf spider
The colors are amazing!! I wonder if this is the temporary post-molt coloration? Very beautiful.

 
Thank you
I was On the ground anyways taking Photos of a moth and he just popped out from the leaves. I only got the shots in. But Its the color that made me look twice. I thought is was beautiful myself. I didn’t know Wolf spiders had abdomens like that.
Thank you
Kathleen

 
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I'm glad you got the photos you did. They're great! I do see this spider's resemblance to a fishing spider (the abdominal pattern), but the best, fail-safe method to determine what family a spider belongs to is by looking at the eye arrangement. We can see the posterior lateral eyes on this spider of yours... only the wolf spiders have eyes that are that far back on the carapace (see how they almost appear to be popping out of its back?). See wolf eyes here. Fishing spider eyes here. Hope that helps out in the future.

 
ThX
Thank you very much for the eye explanation. I think that was kind to take time to show me. This is the most interesting world when you look a bit deeper into the lens, Kathleen

Not an expert -
but if I'm seeing the eyes correctly, this one is a wolf spider (Lycosidae). Nice image!

 
Thank you
Thank you I thought it was some type of fishing spider because of the green coloring and lines.,
Thank you for helping
Kathleen

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