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Tigrosa aspersa
Photo#82157
Copyright © 2006
Jonathan Burishkin
Big Spider -
Tigrosa aspersa
Cagles Chasm Complex, Marion County, Tennessee, USA
October 7, 2006
Found near bottom of this vertical cave.
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Contributed by
Jonathan Burishkin
on 8 October, 2006 - 5:03pm
Last updated 2 October, 2007 - 2:18pm
Moved
Moved from
Hogna helluo
.
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Jonathan Burishkin
, 2 October, 2007 - 2:18pm
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Moved
Moved from
Spiders
.
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Jeff Hollenbeck
, 14 October, 2006 - 11:18am
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Wolf Spider?
A beauty! I'm having a hard time seeing the detail, but the eye arrangement looks like wolf to me.
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Lynette Elliott
, 8 October, 2006 - 5:52pm
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maybe
a Hogna helluo?
It looks just like it. You can see it on this site:
CLICK HERE
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Jonathan Burishkin
, 9 October, 2006 - 10:09am
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H. helluo
It does appear to be one. That's a very impressive specimen.
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Don Cadle
, 9 October, 2006 - 4:50pm
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It was
a little bigger then the young slimey salamander next to it. A am about to add another picture.
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Jonathan Burishkin
, 8 October, 2006 - 9:10pm
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Misidentified... This is Hogna aspersa
This is an adult Hogna aspersa female.
Hogna aspersa can be distinguished from helluo by the tiger stripes on the base of the legs, hence it's common name: The Tiger Wolf Spider. Females and males are very different looking. Juveniles are also very different, being brownish yellow with a slightly purplish sheen. Most adult female aspersas tend to be a jet black color, wheras Helluo is more of a dusky brown with lighter legs. I'll be posting pictures soon...
According to Penn State Entomology, here's a description:
"Hogna aspersa females are 18 to 25 millimeters in length, and the males are 16 to 18 millimeters. They are similar to H. carolinensis in body color but have a distinct narrow line of yellow hairs on the carapace in the vicinity of the eyes. The legs are banded with a lighter brown color at the joints. The males are much lighter in color than the females, and only their third and fourth pairs of legs are banded with a lighter color."
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paul.day
, 13 September, 2007 - 2:34pm
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