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Carolina wolf spiders (females with egg sacs)
Hogna carolinensis
36.2081, -86.2905
Field Notes
Description:
Wolf spiders are unique in the way that they carry their eggs. The egg sac, a round silken globe, is attached to the spinnerets at the end of the abdomen, allowing the spider to carry her unborn young with her. The abdomen must be held in a raised position to keep the egg case from dragging on the ground, however despite this handicap they are still capable of hunting.
Habitat:
Woodland
Notes:
Photo 1: Shows the first spider with her egg sac
Photo 2: Shows how the egg sac is attached to her spinnerets
Photo 3: Shows her nest under a rock (the rock was replaced carefully after the photos)
Photo 4: Another spider with egg sac nesting in a small hole in the ground
Photo 5: An abandoned egg sac (about 1 cm diameter)
Photo 6: A third female that I had to pick up & move because she would have been otherwise crushed when we replaced the rock. She gave me a painful bite for my trouble! She subsequently reattached her egg sac & disappeared beneath the rock!
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