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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae) » Tigrosa
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Huge spider - Hogna? - Tigrosa
Copyright © 2009 Judy Gallagher

Huge spider - Hogna? - Tigrosa
Occoquan Bay Wildlife Refuge, Prince William County, Virginia, USA
May 9, 2009
Size: large - 4 - 6"
This spider was so big that I saw it while driving my car, and stopped to take its picture.
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Contributed by Judy Gallagher on 9 May, 2009 - 1:18pm
Last updated 9 August, 2013 - 11:35am

Moved
Moved from Wolf Spiders.
Some species of Hogna were moved to a new genus, Tigrosa.
… Laura P., 9 August, 2013 - 11:35am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… john and jane balaban, 6 June, 2009 - 2:26pm login or register to post comments

Now that's a big spider!
Not many spiders can stop a car! :) Anyway, measurement is really taken by just the body. The largest wolf spiders have a body length of about an inch, so I'm assuming that's what this one is. Sorry, I'm not very good at IDing the wolf spiders.
… Lynette Elliott, 10 May, 2009 - 10:35am login or register to post comments

 
Lynette, thanks for letting m
Lynette, thanks for letting me know about body length. The body was just over an inch long.
… Judy Gallagher, 10 May, 2009 - 10:51am login or register to post comments

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