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14-FEB-2015 Daniel D. Dye

Wolf Spider (Hogna sp.)

Ocala National Forest, Florida

I was fairly certain this was a Rosemary Wolf Spider (Hogna ericeticola). They're only found in a 3,000 acre scrub habitat in Putnam County. They're named after the Florida Rosemary, which grows in this type habitat. Turns out my sighting is south of the known location of H. ericeticola...Back to Hogna lenta probably.


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Guest 13-Jan-2017 07:34
Think I just eliminated one in port Charlotte
SAM HARKINSON 13-Jan-2017 05:45
WINTER HAVEN FL. 1986 I WAS RENTING A 1950 TRAVEL TRAILER PARKED UNDER A 200 YR.OLD BIG TREE WITH MOSS HANGING 5 TO 8 FT. LONG PIECES. BITING RED ANTS EVERY WERE ON THE TREE. THE RENT WAS $350.00. MTH WITH ELECT. BEHIDE A OLD..OLD 1 BEDROOM HOUSE. WHEN I RENTED THE TRAILER IT WAS RAINING, BUT DAY LIGHT. THAT NIGHT AS THE SUNSET I PUT THE LIGHTS ON INSIDE TRAILER SO I COULD GET READY FOR BED. LATER..ABOUT 2AM I WOKE UP FOR SOME REASON...AND TURNED ON BED ROOM LIGHT. MY BED HAD ABOUT 6 WOLF SPIDERS ON THE BLANKET. OK..SO I WENT TO THE REST ROOM..AND THE WALLS AND FLOOR HAD ABOUT 10 MORE SPIDERS, I PUT MY HAND OUT..AND THE SPIDERS WERE BIGGER THAN MY HAND AND 1 WAS IN MY WORK SHOES. YES...THIS TRAILER WAS FULL OF SPIDERS.I GUESS THIS TRAILER WAS NOT LIVED IN FOR A LONG..LONG TIME . ITHINK I WAS THE 1ST.ONE TO LIVE THERE FOR MANY YEARS. THAT'S WHY THE RENT WAS SO CHEAP. I LIVED THIS WAY FOR ABOUT 1 WEEK, AND MOVED BACK INTO MY CAR..AT LEAST MY CAR HAD NO WOLF SPIDERS ....OR DID IT NOW HAVE SOME UNDER THE DRIVERS SEAT ? YES..THIS IS A TRUE LIFE STORY..NO BS.
Guest 04-Jan-2017 00:04
I think I just found one in my bedroom here in Polk County.
Michelle Clark 21-Jun-2016 00:01
Either it has expanded its territory or one very similar to this one was found in our yard near Hawthorne.
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