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Species Hogna frondicola

Patterned Wolf Spider is? - 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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