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I saw a number of these very large spiders on the ground, especially during night walks.
Oh wow. I opened your link and almost fell out of my chair! :-)
I see what you mean about the vertical line Tom and mauna. Learning something everyday on PN!
Dixie, it looks like the same species as the one you linked, but Hogna georgicola should have a light colored line down the middle of the cephalothorax like this H. georgicola: http://www.floridanature.org/photos/Hogn...
Actually, Dixie, Gina wasn't sure of her species-level ID of Dan's spider. Both Tom and Dan's spiders are missing the prominent vertical line on the head.
I agree that it probably belongs in the genus Hogna, though.
I looked on dandoucette (he's on Project Noah). I think he has a pic of this same spider. Rainforest Wolf Spider - hogna georgicola. Gina9210 identified it. The location on PN is http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/676.... Let me know what you think. I'm fascinated with spiders but unfortunately have arachnophobia (BAD!).
Spotted on Mar 17, 2012
Submitted on Feb 1, 2013
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