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Hogna georgicola
about 3" across,
rainforest
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.
Thanks a lot for the interesting info. No need to apologize, you're great for ID of spiders!
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.
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?
Do they get that big? They seem much smaller in the images I saw. Any latin name?
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.
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.
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.
Spotted on Feb 7, 2011
Submitted on Jul 7, 2011
