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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae) » Tigrosa » Tigrosa helluo
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Wolf Spider (Schizocosa?) - Tigrosa helluo - female
Copyright © 2012 Andrew Hoffman

Wolf Spider (Schizocosa?) - Tigrosa helluo - Female
Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, USA
May 26, 2012
Larger wolf spider, likely Schizocosa? Found in front of a depression/burrow in the garden behind the house after dark.

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Wolf Spider (Schizocosa?) - Tigrosa helluo - female Wolf Spider (Schizocosa?) - Tigrosa helluo - female
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Contributed by Andrew Hoffman on 27 May, 2012 - 10:35am
Last updated 6 August, 2013 - 5:13pm

Moved
Moved from Wolf Spiders.
Some species of Hogna were moved to a new genus, Tigrosa.
… Laura P., 6 August, 2013 - 5:13pm login or register to post comments

larger wolf spider
I don't know. It doesn't strike me as Schizocosa. What do you think of a juvenile Hogna?

Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 27 May, 2012 - 10:46am login or register to post comments

 
I had wondered about that...
but the dorsal pattern on the abdomen looked like a lot of the Schizocosa photos I've seen. That light line down the carapace is very Hogna-like though. Do any Hogna species have that V pattern on the abdomen?
… Andrew Hoffman, 27 May, 2012 - 11:33am login or register to post comments

 
Heart mark
Many of the Hogna have the heart mark. Compare with
… Lynette Elliott, 27 May, 2012 - 12:01pm login or register to post comments

 
I think your right
looks like a Hogna to me now too.
… Andrew Hoffman, 28 May, 2012 - 9:12am login or register to post comments

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