Tigrosa georgicola

Picture ID 8789

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I think this is a wolf spider but Im trying to figure out its species and gender.

Submitted by:
thebamboofarmer
Submitted: Apr 6, 2018
Photographed: Apr 6, 2018
Spider: Tigrosa georgicola
Sex:
Female,
Location: Houston, Texas, United States
Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Dorsal

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ItsyBitsy

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April 6, 2018 2:58 pm

Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 This is a Wolf Spider (Lycosidae), Tigrosa georgicola. She looks feminine, but I don’t know if she’s mature … immature males typically look feminine.

Thebamboofarmer

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Reply to ItsyBitsy

April 6, 2018 3:10 pm

Wow thanks so much! My guess is that it’s a male. He doesn’t look fully mature, his body is only about one in and legs make him 2in. Do the females carry babies at this age?

ItsyBitsy

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Reply to Thebamboofarmer

April 6, 2018 3:22 pm

Might be a mature female at that size. They do carry their babies. Mature males are proportioned quite differently with longer legs.
https://bugguide.net/node/view/1302798/bgimage

Thebamboofarmer

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Reply to ItsyBitsy

April 7, 2018 12:15 am

Ah, I see. I also let her go out back on the farm after I caught her and took some pictures. Will she stay close by or do you think she will leave? I wonder if there are others she needs to get back to or if these are more solitary. I would like to see her again, but she did seem frightened when I let her go as she scurried away quickly. Thanks for your help.

ItsyBitsy

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Reply to Thebamboofarmer

April 7, 2018 12:35 am

Solitary for the most part except for mating and then of course carrying all the babies. I imagine she wouldn’t go too far … it’s the males that have to do most of the wandering in search of the females.