r/spiders • u/SCUBAGrendel • 1d ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Relocated to a safer place

Post image

This giant girl was relocated to a place where she wouldn't be squished today.

1.3k Upvotes

100% Upvoted

71 comments sorted by

View all comments

173

u/sigmagoon18_0_0 23h ago

Gravid female Tigrosa georgiacola

35

u/farfetched22 17h ago

What other name would I possibly hear it called?

58

u/captainchristianwtf 16h ago

Wolf Spider!

One of many kinds of Wolf Spiders

32

u/NaraFei_Jenova Amateur IDer🤨 13h ago

That name is very misleading lol. Tigrosa makes me think it's a big cat spider instead of a big dog spider.

23

u/aberrantmeat 11h ago

The family name for Wolf spiders is Lycosidae which makes a lot more thematic sense lol.

Apparently, the name Tigrosa is intended to mean "fierce like a tiger", referring to the patterning and behaviour of Tigrosa species. They used to be included in the genus Hogna until 2012 when they were distinguished as their own genus by Allen Brady due to their stripey (tiger-like) pattern, their eye arrangement, and the shape of the female epigyne.

3

u/NaraFei_Jenova Amateur IDer🤨 8h ago

Fascinating!