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==In culture== [[South Carolina]] designated the [[Carolina wolf spider]] (''Hogna carolinensis'') as the official state spider in 2000 due to the efforts of Skyler B. Hutto, a third-grade student at Sheridan Elementary School in [[Orangeburg, South Carolina|Orangeburg]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scstatehouse.gov/query.php?search=DOC&searchtext=seed%25&category=LEGISLATION&session=0&conid=6898422&result_pos=225&keyval=1134277&numrows=25 |title=South Carolina Legislature Online - Search}}</ref> At the time, South Carolina was the only U.S. state that recognized a state spider.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php |title=Code of Laws - Title 1 - Chapter 1 - General Provisions |website=www.scstatehouse.gov}}</ref> In 2015, efforts began to name an official state spider for neighboring North Carolina.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S142v1.pdf |title=Session 2017, SENATE BILL 142}}</ref>
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