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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae) » Hogna » Hogna coloradensis
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Fishing spider? - Hogna coloradensis
Copyright © 2012 Ashley Wahlberg

Fishing spider? - Hogna coloradensis
Canyon, Randall County, Texas, USA
November 18, 2012
Size: 4 inches
Was found on the side of my house, the weather is cloudy and sprinkling, about 60 degrees.

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Contributed by Ashley Wahlberg on 18 November, 2012 - 4:09pm
Last updated 29 December, 2013 - 11:13pm

Moved
Moved from Hogna.
… Laura P., 29 December, 2013 - 11:13pm login or register to post comments

Hogna
The dark patches behind the PLEs make me think H. coloradensis:


What do you think, close enough to move it?
… Laura P., 13 September, 2013 - 9:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Good visual match
I don't know enough to be sure there isn't another male that looks similar, but the dorsal pattern is right and the range works too. I think the ID is very likely.
… Lynette Elliott, 14 September, 2013 - 7:49am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request. Yes, male Hogna looks right, but I'm not sure I can be certain of species at this point. A ventral view on these can be very helpful for IDing.
… Lynette Elliott, 18 November, 2012 - 8:13pm login or register to post comments

Wolf spider
This one's actually a wolf spider. The eye arrangement with those two big eyes in the face shot give it away.

He's a male, looks like genus Hogna to me. Maybe H. carolinensis from the orange chelicerae/black undersides of the leg joints.
… Kyron Basu, 18 November, 2012 - 4:32pm login or register to post comments

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