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Wolf Spider with babies

Lycosidae

Photo by Tom15
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Field Notes

Notes:

This mother spider with all her babies showed up on my moth sheet, looking for an easy meal.

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Comments (29)
Tom15
Thanks Joshua and everyone else. She looks like a good mother.
Josh Asel
Love the detail, nice micro shot.
AntónioGinjaGinja
Wow Tom,awesome spotting,beautiful series,congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing
Tom15
Thanks for all the wonderful comments and Karen for choosing this for SOTD, and Scott, I added this to your parental care mission.
Scott Frazier
What a great spotting Tom! Please add to my mission http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8176997
Maria dB
Great series, Tom - congratulations!
RiekoS
Congratulations again, Tom!
VivBraznell
Fantastic spotting Tom! Congrats on the SOTD!
beaker98
Congrats Tom! This is such an awesome photo!
KarenL
Congrats Tom, your awesome capture is our spotting of the day! Female wolf spiders carry their egg sacs with them everywhere, and when the eggs hatch the babies immediately scuttle up onto her abdomen and ride there until they are ready to begin feeding. Facebook: https://upload.facebook.com/projectnoah/photos/a.10150595289465603.674700.10150120463815603/10154290282690603/?type=1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/481269067727130626
rams4d
Awesome. impressive, congrats !!!
Ava T-B
Great Mother's Day card picture!
Tom15
Thanks for all the nice comments! I'm just glad she didn't move and run at me while I took the close-up of her face, since I had to get real close in front of her.
suzmonk
Wow ... super photos, Tom!
beaker98
Amazing! Up close and personal:). Kind of gives me the heebie jeebies!
LaurenZarate
Wow Tom! Great photos. Hope she found something to eat.

Spotted for Missions

Mission
International Spider Survey
Mission
Parental care in insects and other invertebrates
Mission
Wildlife of Northeastern USA
Mission
Parental Care
Mission
New England Arthropods
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PublishedJune 23, 2014

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