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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae) » Hogna » Hogna frondicola
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Wolf Spider with brood Geolycosa? - Hogna frondicola - female
Copyright © 2014 Jack Senzig

Wolf Spider with brood Geolycosa? - Hogna frondicola - Female
Lyndon Station, Juneau County, Wisconsin, USA
July 5, 2014
Size: 1 inch or larger
Encountered 6 of these each with young on their back. They were slowed by a loose sand road they struggled to cross. We have many spider burrows in the area that I suspect belong to these guys, but no proof. I have been unable to catch one out of it's burrow. Here's a video of one of the six: http://youtu.be/anb6rYv0RFw
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Contributed by Jack Senzig on 8 July, 2014 - 12:16am
Last updated 19 August, 2014 - 10:38pm

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… Laura P., 19 August, 2014 - 10:38pm login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 14 August, 2014 - 6:17pm login or register to post comments

Would more description be helpful?
I'll make an added effort to capture one of the burrowing ones to compare. I can get them to push a stick out of their burrow to catch a glimpse but extracting them has been unsuccessful to date. They are fast and their burrows are deep. Suggestions are welcome. Beetle on a string perhaps?

Thanks for having a look.
… Jack Senzig, 8 July, 2014 - 11:29am login or register to post comments

tough id
could be Hogna frondicola
… wolfpacksved, 8 July, 2014 - 7:50am login or register to post comments

 
Good point...
...
… Chao "Jimmy" Wu, 8 July, 2014 - 9:38am login or register to post comments

Trochosa or Schizocosa
I believe it is a species within the Trochosa or Schizocosa genus (Reminds me a little more of Schizocosa). We are still learning how to identify some of these so we might not be able to give you specific ID.

Compare with (Trochosa):


Compare with (Schizocosa):


It isn't Geolycosa since females rarely wander out of their burrows. Likewise, Geolycosa tend to have a very domed head as in this individual I found:


Thanks for not killing it!
… Chao "Jimmy" Wu, 8 July, 2014 - 12:26am login or register to post comments

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