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by Adreya on 17 June 2010 - 12:06

Yesterday, I noticed an odd brown bunch of legs by the well house, and on closer inspection it was 2 wolf spiders mating. It was fascinating yet creepy so I took some photos. The larger female ate her mate soon after.

by VomMarischal on 17 June 2010 - 12:06

AMAZING photo....

by Two Moons on 17 June 2010 - 18:06

I don't believe those are wolf spiders tho.

Very nice photo.

by Adreya on 17 June 2010 - 18:06

I'm no arachnologist, but they looked like Rabid Wolf Spiders to me. Any identification help is appreciated. Here is another angle.

by Bob McKown on 17 June 2010 - 18:06

What they need is the soul of a size 13 3 E on em or a good squirt of DDT!

by MaggieMae on 17 June 2010 - 19:06

OMG, that makes my skin crawl.........

by ShadyLady on 17 June 2010 - 21:06

Looks like they could be wolfies. Our Wolf Spiders around here look like this. We found this female in the pool. She has babies hitching a ride--

by dogshome9 on 18 June 2010 - 00:06

I agree with Bob >>>>> I hate spiders

by Two Moons on 18 June 2010 - 05:06

Adreya,
They look like jumpers, that's slang not a species.
Our wolf spiders are huge here and I never bother them since once bitten.
They are amazing when they have babies.

My favorite is the Garden spider.
We have Black Widows and Recluse to worry about, most everything else is harmless and indeed beneficial.

Moons.

by ShadyLady on 18 June 2010 - 16:06

Moons, Jumping Spiders are a species, is that what you are referring to? I don't think they get very big. We have recluse and black widows too. My neighbor was bitten by a recluse spider on his knee. It got real ugly. He ended up in the ER.

We have gigantic golden orb spiders here. It's like the Amazon!

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