Tigrosa helluo

Picture ID 5756

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I really don't know what this is,. But it is really big. This picture was blown up, I will submit another picture of the original.

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dolemite77
Submitted: Feb 20, 2018
Photographed: Feb 18, 2018
Spider: Tigrosa helluo
Location: Hilton, New York, United States
Spotted Indoors: Basement or Cellar
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Lateral

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ItsyBitsy

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February 20, 2018 11:31 pm

Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 This is a Wolf Spider, Tigrosa helluo.

Dolemite77

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February 21, 2018 7:45 am

Cool. Thank you. Wolf spiders are one of the good guys correct?

Dolemite77

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February 21, 2018 8:02 am

Also can we tell male or female from this pic? I don’t want 100 of these running around the basement, as might be the case if the female hatches eggs. Thank you.

ItsyBitsy

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February 21, 2018 8:17 am

Yes, they’re good guys but not really an indoor species. If you do see a lot of them you can reduce their numbers by sealing cracks around floors, doors, windows, foundation etc. so that they don’t wander in by mistake. If it was really big it’s probably a female, though the palps (pedipalps, appendages near the spiders mouth) do look a bit swollen like an immature male’s … but I can’t see them very clearly, might just be a trick of the light.