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Rainforest Wolf spider

Hogna georgicola

Photo by Dan Doucette
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

about 3" across,

Habitat:

rainforest

Notes:

I spotted this on a solo night walk along the road leading to the research station in Iwokrama forest reserve. Not 100% sure of the species.

Species ID Suggestions

Rainforest Wolf Spider

hogna georgicola
Gina9210
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Comments (11)
Dan Doucette
Thanks a lot for the interesting info. No need to apologize, you're great for ID of spiders!
Gina9210
Yes Dan they do.The Lycosid spiders (the Wolf spiders and their kin), get nearly as large as tarantulas and are much more active hunters. This guys bite almost anything, They are a hunter of frogs, birds and large insect. Fear no one, getting close, means asking for a bite! I think your guy is in a family of hogna i am not really sure of its species. I made a suggestion I just hope it will lead to its identification. Sorry.. I am not good in spiders.
Dan Doucette
Thanks Gina. I will go with that but I'm not 100% sure of the species. It seems to be missing the prominent stripe behind it's head that I see with online images. Maybe the male or female doesn't have the stripe?
Dan Doucette
Do they get that big? They seem much smaller in the images I saw. Any latin name?
Gina9210
It is a large forest wolf spider
Dan Doucette
There does appear to be faint black lines on it's abdomen. The Essequibo, the longest river in Guyana was nearby. This was kind of in the center of Guyana with Suriname to the east and Venezuela to the west and Brazil to the south. It has black bands on its legs up to its first joint. It's kind of a grayish, dark brown. I've added another more zoomed in pic.
Gina9210
sorry for all the missing words and bad wrong spelling!
Gina9210
Dan there is a slightly visible marking on its back, can you still remember it? Tell me any open water near by? the color pls describe it. And as you how dad I am when it comes to map who's the neighboring countries pls. thank you.
Dan Doucette
Sorry Gina, this is all I have. It was at night and hard to get more shots. It didn't stick around for long. I've zoomed in on my original image and brightened it up. I hope this helps.
Gina9210
Dan do you have more pics of this guy? I need more info pls.

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International Spider Survey

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PublishedJuly 7, 2011

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