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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae) » Tigrosa » Tigrosa aspersa
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Hogna - Tigrosa aspersa
Copyright © 2007 Kevin Firth

Hogna - Tigrosa aspersa
Hercules Glades Wilderness, Taney County, Missouri, USA
November 3, 2007
Size: Body Length approx. 1.5in
Found in a burrow under a rock. Coaxed it out with a grass stem. From our research, Aphonopelma hentzi is the only species native to Missouri, though I could not find one in the guide that looked similar to this one.
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Contributed by Kevin Firth on 5 November, 2007 - 4:18pm
Last updated 9 October, 2016 - 2:58pm

Moved
Moved from Hogna.
… Laura P., 9 October, 2016 - 2:58pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Tarantulas.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 5 November, 2007 - 8:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Not sure from the comments
if you know it is Hogna or if you just went on Eric's maybe. If we're not certain, we should probably move it up to Lycosidae.
… john and jane balaban, 5 November, 2007 - 9:06pm login or register to post comments

No.
This is a large wolf spider, family Lycosidae. I've been to Hercules Glades (lived in Forsyth for a year), and even found a lycosid very similar to this, under a rock:-) This might be in the genus Hogna, though other genera also have large species.
… Eric R. Eaton, 5 November, 2007 - 5:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks again, Eric
What are the most obvious morphological indicators by which you IDed this as a Lycosid?
… Kevin Firth, 5 November, 2007 - 7:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Eye arrangement
compare your specimen's eyes with a tarantula here . Wolf spiders have quite large eyes and they are arranged very differently.
… Lynette Elliott, 5 November, 2007 - 7:45pm login or register to post comments

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