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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae) » Tigrosa » Tigrosa georgicola
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BIG brown spider with a sack! - Tigrosa georgicola - female
Copyright © 2011 Chris Sanders

BIG brown spider with a sack! - Tigrosa georgicola - Female
Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, USA
Size: 3" by 4"
I found this in the driveway of my old house about a year ago. it is BIG! just curious, what is its name? i has a big sack its carying. i thumped the ground near it nd it went into defense pose. i was shocked at how mean it looks. i think its female based on the sack thingy.

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Contributed by Chris Sanders on 11 April, 2011 - 12:31am
Last updated 11 March, 2013 - 7:38pm

Moved
Moved from Tigrosa aspersa.
… Mandy Howe, 11 March, 2013 - 7:38pm login or register to post comments

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… Lynette Elliott, 11 April, 2011 - 8:57am login or register to post comments

Yes female wolf spider with egg sac
Spiders are measured without the legs, so it was probably more like one inch. Being one of the larger wolf spiders, it's probably something in the Hogna genus. They are harmless.

Edit - I see that wolfpacksved thinks it's a Hogna aspersa. That looks right to me, but I have a hard time placing these to species level.
… Lynette Elliott, 11 April, 2011 - 8:54am login or register to post comments

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