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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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Large black / Grey Spider caught outside in my field. - Hogna carolinensis
Copyright © 2012 brysonric

Large black / Grey Spider caught outside in my field. - Hogna carolinensis
Durango, La Plata County, Colorado, USA
August 17, 2012
Size: apx. body: 2"L x 0.5"W -
This guy is really big. i woudl say that the leg span (filling the bottom of a large mason jar) is 4"W x 3"W. not sure if its a baby taranchula. i have more photos if you think you might know what it is. your help would be apriciated. Tahnk you.

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Contributed by brysonric on 17 August, 2012 - 11:43am
Last updated 21 August, 2012 - 8:58am

Moved to Hogna carolinensis
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 21 August, 2012 - 8:58am login or register to post comments

Hogna carolinensis?
Definitely a wolf spider. Is this the same spider as in this image you also posted?

Looks like a Hogna to me, and if so, I think the black venter makes this H. carolinensis.
… Kyron Basu, 17 August, 2012 - 12:16pm login or register to post comments

 
yes
It is the same one. Thank you for your help.
… brysonric, 17 August, 2012 - 4:13pm login or register to post comments

Wolf Spider?
I think this is a Wolf Spider (Lycosidae). I don't know which genus though, one of the experts might be able to narrow it down further.
… Laura P., 17 August, 2012 - 12:12pm login or register to post comments

 
It turns out i have a positiv
It turns out i have a positive i.d. on it now and it was a wolf spider. i had heard that they got big, but i had no idea. thanks for your help.
… brysonric, 17 August, 2012 - 4:13pm login or register to post comments

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