Found this big guy in my kitchen

attazach · Sep 30, 2014

im pretty sure its a wolf spider, but its huge, much bigger than one ive ever seen! do they commonly get this size?

HungryGhost · Sep 30, 2014

Gorgeous! Looks like Hogna carolinensis Carolina wolf spider. I've been looking for something like that for myself.

attazach · Sep 30, 2014

me and my roommates found it a couple weeks ago and were not really sure what we want to do with it yet. it was just too cool to release haha

jecraque · Sep 30, 2014

If you still have it, can you get a pic from below? That would help to distinguish between carolinensis and a couple of the other big species that occur in the southwest.

attazach · Sep 30, 2014

here it is from below

jecraque · Oct 1, 2014

Hogna carolinensis for sure. I'd let him go, since it's a boy, but any females you might find would make good pets. If you find a female within a day or so, you could see if she'd mate with your male, but that's about all he'll be interested in doing before he dies at the end of the season.

Found this big guy in my kitchen

attazach

Arachnopeon

HungryGhost

Arachnoknight

attazach

Arachnopeon

jecraque

Arachnobaron

attazach

Arachnopeon

jecraque

Arachnobaron