Can a more accomplished spider autist help me ID this female Lycosidae?
I caught her on a warm night in late May, in the Midwestern US.
She's fairly large, around 0.75" body length with a leg span of 1.5"-2", and easily takes large crickets.
At first I thought maybe Hogna Carolinensis, but the more I look the more I lean towards Tigrosa Aspersa, but am not certain.
I took a few blurry pictures while cleaning her terrarium, I hope they're clear enough. Thanks for the help bros.
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when i was a kid, i caught one of these with an egg sac attached to it. put it in a jar and brought it to school science teacher who made a big deal about it. next day spider was gone. i asked the teacher what happened. he said the egg sac broke and a thousand tiny spiders were swarming in the jar so he dumped them out the window into the courtyard
Tigrosa Helluo would be my guess, picrel
Possibly. OP needs better pictures.
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And named Jessie
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Cute carolina wolfie
I'm going to lean torwards Hogna. Mostly due to the location you found it in, Tigrosa is found more on the east coast, though they can be found a little more inland. The longer pattern on it's abdomen also leads me to think hogna. Tigrosas TEND to have a spottier pattern on the abdomen more than a single longer pattern in the center. And Tigrosa usually have banded legs, hence the name.
Looks like a pretty textbook example of a Hogna carolinensis to me. Tigrosas can be pretty easily distinguished from Hognas because of their striped legs, which Hognas lack.
Wow, that would be great, I have been after a Hogna for a while. A lot of the examples I've seen seem to have lighter grey coloration, with less brown, so I wasn't sure.
That's not much difference honestly. Tigrosa use to be classified as Hogna Aspersa about ten years ago.
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Yes I read about that. I was most excited about the potential size H.C. can reach, never had a non tarantula over about 2" leg span. Not sure how many molts she has left, time will tell.
Are these legs not banded? Honestly asking.
Not like a Tigrosa.
Next to my wedding band for rough scale.