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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae) » Hogna » Carolina Wolf Spider (Hogna carolinensis)
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Fishing spider? - Hogna carolinensis
Copyright © 2010 jeankawa

Fishing spider? - Hogna carolinensis
Door County, Wisconsin, USA
August 7, 2010
Size: 3.5 inches?
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Contributed by jeankawa on 7 August, 2010 - 6:45pm
Last updated 9 February, 2014 - 10:18am

Moved
Moved from Wolf Spiders.
Tentative placement without a ventral.
… Laura P., 9 February, 2014 - 10:18am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request. Not a fishing spider, but a wolf spider of some kind.
… Lynette Elliott, 11 August, 2010 - 9:48am login or register to post comments

 
My first reaction to this spi
My first reaction to this spider was that it was a wolf spider but I did not think they got that large. I wish I had gotten a better photo of the eyes.
… jeankawa, 11 August, 2010 - 11:35pm login or register to post comments

 
No need,
the eyes are clear enough to be definite for a wolf spider. The Hogna genus get fairly larger, which this one might be.
… Lynette Elliott, 11 August, 2010 - 11:36pm login or register to post comments

 
thank you
thank you
… jeankawa, 12 August, 2010 - 12:07am login or register to post comments

I live 1/8th of a mile from a
I live 1/8th of a mile from a small lake...near woods and open fields. this spider was in my lawn in fresh grass clippings. It was near the yard light that attracts many insects/tree frogs/spiders at night.
… jeankawa, 7 August, 2010 - 7:25pm login or register to post comments

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