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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae) » Hogna » Hogna frondicola

Species Hogna frondicola

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Works Cited
wolf spider with egg sac - Hogna frondicola - female Wolf Spider - Hogna frondicola Robust Male spider - Hogna frondicola - male Attractive Wolf Spider - Hogna frondicola Is this Gladicosa gulosa? - Hogna frondicola Hogna frondicola - female Large Grey Wolf spider - Hogna frondicola Forest Wolf Spider - Hogna frondicola - Hogna frondicola
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Lycosidae (Wolf Spiders)
Genus Hogna
Species frondicola (Hogna frondicola)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
previously Lycosa frondicola
Size
Female: 11 to 14 mm
Male: 9 to 12 mm
Identification
Dark brown with light grey markings. The venter is black. (1)



Carapace generally has a wide grey stripe down the center and white on the edges. There are also two to four black dots in the center of the abdomen.
Range
Yukon Territory to Newfoundland, south to California and Alabama(2)
See Also
Gladicosa gulosa
Works Cited
1.How to Know the Spiders
B. J. Kaston. 1978. WCB/McGraw-Hill.
2.The Wolf Spiders, Nurseryweb Spiders, and Lynx Spiders of Canada and Alaska
Dondale, Charles D. and James H. Redner. 1990. Canadian Government Publishing Centre, Ottawa.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 13 April, 2004 - 5:51pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, Mandy Howe
Last updated 29 August, 2012 - 9:52am

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