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Hogna frondicola

Hogna frondicola is a wolf spider endemic to North America. They are characterized by a grey stripe running down their body.

Hogna frondicola

Scientific Classification

Physical Description and Identification

Adults

Size: Male: 0.9-1.2 cm Female: 1.1-1.4 cm

Color: These spiders are dark brown, with light grey markings on the dorsal side and a black abdomen.

Other Characteristic Features: There are bristles on their legs

Eggs

These spiders lay their eggs and wrap them into a ball made of webbing.

Spiderlings

Juveniles will ride on their mother’s abdomen until they are old enough to fend for themselves.

The Web

Like other wolf spiders, they chase down and hunt their prey and thus do not require webs to catch their food.

Is the Hogna frondicola Venomous

Their venom is not strong enough to harm humans fatally.

Quick Facts

Lifespan 1 year
Distribution Canada (Newfoundland to Yukon territory) and the United States (Alabama and California)
Habitat Open fields
Diet Ants, crickets, grasshoppers, other spiders

Did You Know

  • American arachnologist James Henry Emerton first described this spider in 1885.

Image Source: live.staticflickr.com

Hogna frondicola is a wolf spider endemic to North America. They are characterized by a grey stripe running down their body.

Hogna frondicola

Physical Description and Identification

Adults

Size: Male: 0.9-1.2 cm Female: 1.1-1.4 cm

Color: These spiders are dark brown, with light grey markings on the dorsal side and a black abdomen.

Other Characteristic Features: There are bristles on their legs

Eggs

These spiders lay their eggs and wrap them into a ball made of webbing.

Spiderlings

Juveniles will ride on their mother’s abdomen until they are old enough to fend for themselves.

The Web

Like other wolf spiders, they chase down and hunt their prey and thus do not require webs to catch their food.

Is the Hogna frondicola Venomous

Their venom is not strong enough to harm humans fatally.

Quick Facts

Lifespan 1 year
Distribution Canada (Newfoundland to Yukon territory) and the United States (Alabama and California)
Habitat Open fields
Diet Ants, crickets, grasshoppers, other spiders

Did You Know

  • American arachnologist James Henry Emerton first described this spider in 1885.

Image Source: live.staticflickr.com

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