Tigrosa aspersa
(Tiger Wolf Spider)

Comments & ID Thoughts

Found while digging bulbs in neglected flowerbed. It is almost the size of a tarantula.
I have never seen one like it; is it a type of trap door spider? It had a pretty large hole.

• Submitted by: 
  
  kathryn
• Submitted: Oct 7, 2018
• Photographed: Oct 6, 2018
• Spider: Tigrosa aspersa (Tiger Wolf Spider)
• Sex: 
  
  Female,
• Location: Ivy , Virginia, United States
• Spotted Outdoors: Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc)
• Found in web?: No
• Attributes: Dorsal