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Wolf spider

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Description:

beautiful 5cm + - rain spider carrying her eggs, disturbed her from under some old boxes

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Comments (2)
Johan Heyns
Hi Bo, this is a wolf spider. Rain spiders make a cocoon for their eggs. See http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/17183002. Similar spotting to yours: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/14764774 Spider carrying egg sac: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/17385229

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PublishedOctober 11, 2013

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