if it is by any chance a Hogna, it is most proabbly not a frondicola. the round carapace, thick legs, and as tom suggests the patterns are much much different than a frondicola. im going to have to check some keys in the library when i get to school to figure this out

Is there a lot of variation in this species, because there are a few different patterns in the guide page, and none quite matched this one.

is most probably frondicola. Looking at the images on the guide, which I did not to ID this spider, I see images of Pardosa and other species that are not H. frondicola and are misplaced.
By all means let me know what you find Omar, but be sure before posting.

After doing an internet image search, I found it funny that aside from all the misplaced images in the guide that used to be under frondicola, only one accurate link popped up from www.hr-rna.com.

i guess i wrongfully doubted you all along. i checked that website out. im going to have to double check on that. but that would mean that every frondicola is not really a frondicola. haha.
ill check the encylopedias and keys in the library when i get the chance.
i truely apologize for the hardships i have caused Jeff.

oh but about the posting you were telling me about,
look at this link:
http://www.marion.ohio-state.edu/spiderweb/SpiderPictures/Lycosidae/Hogna%20helluo.htm

on the Lycosids, Jeff, moving the images around. That will be great. It will be interesting to see the patterns that emerge once you've gotten a lot of them to genus. No wonder so many of us have been so confused for so long. Thanks!

I get that far. Wolf spiders can be difficult to ID through images, as you know. The specimens IDed today had distinct markings and coloration along with suggestions from other contributors that made them easily IDable.
Murray's images appear to be the first actual frondicola images.