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Who is this... Wolf spider

 
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...with all her babies!
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That spider looks like a wolf spider.


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These usually are about 2 1/2 inches from foot to foot. They like the garden. I rarely see them in the grass. I think there are a couple tan racing stripes that run down her back. I've seen them carrying around a whitish egg ball.
 
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I think you are right Anne. Wikipedia says they are the only spiders that carry around their young. Good, fairly harmless too.
 
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I am glad I guessed right on the wolf spider.

Unfortunately, I made a wrong guess about the spider in the movie "Charlotte's Web."

I thought Charlotte was a wolf spider though Mr. Google said no that Charlotte was a Barn Spider. (an orb spider)
 
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yep. wolf spiders are hunting predators, and generally don’t make webs. the name gives it away!
 
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Wolf spiders are always welcome in our house, because they eat critters we don't real want around, like flies and scorpions!
 
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