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Carolina Wolf Spider

Hogna carolinensis

5,510 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Arizona.January 15, February 14, March 23, April 24, May 63, June 38, July 29, August 30, September 42, October 16, November 12, December 13.
United States1,868
Arizona790
Texas659
Colorado622
New Mexico290
Oklahoma245
Utah222
Kansas206
Mexico70
Missouri40

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • VenomousProduces venom for defense or huntingFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassArachnids · Arachnida
OrderSpiders · Araneae
FamilyWolf Spiders · Lycosidae
GenusHogna

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