Not for the faint of heart!

[BearCreek]

Looked up from our creek today to see this nearly level with my head! I'm pretty sure this is a HUGE mama wolf spider with MANY spiderlings on her back. My granddaughter noticed the egg sac on our little bridge some time ago, but I wasn't sure what it was. The spider was so still that I wasn't sure if she was alive so I just put a little stick in front of her face and yikes at the huge fangs that came out! They are not venemous, but they will sure hurt if they bite you. I was interested to find out she will have the spiderlings on her back all summer and they will overwinter together. If what I read is correct it will be next summer before they leave to go off on their own. You never know what is going to turn up on our farm.

 

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[austin]

You be one brave person. I would have poked it with a 12 gauge...

 

[worldtalker]

I use to watch them hunt,they ambush prey as it wanders by that funnel web of theirs.

GOD Bless

Chris

 

[ARC]

One word...

ARRRG !

 

[finderskeepers]

Nightmare fuel!!

 

[DeepseekerADS]

That is one ugly horrid critter. When I was a kid here living with my grandmother, as I'd go outside she always said "Watch out for the spiders". To this day I watch out for the spiders

 

[Old Dude]

I have only seen that once...on my kitchen floor in Oklahoma City. I had gotten up in the middle of the night to get a drink of water ( without my glasses ) and happened to see an oddly shaped dark thing in front of the fridge. Bending over to get a closer look, I saw it was a spider and being barefoot, I grabbed a can of bug spray from a cabinet. As soon as the spray hit it, all these little things jumped from the back and started spreading to the wind. I think I probably drowned them since I was so startled and intent on not letting ANY get away . I am inclined to live and let live out in nature, but in the house...it's you or me buster!

 

[sugarcreek]

Spiders, ticks, snakes and bears OH MY... Living in the country at it's finest!

 

[tamrock]

The black hornets stalk and hunt those guys around my house.

 

[kingskid1611]

I would have probably watched it for awhile. Nice pic.

 

[kcm]

Old Dude - Thanks for the laugh!

 

[Jim in Idaho]

Very nice pic!
Jim

 

[CoilyGirl]

Holy moly,that is one big spider! The other day my husband threw down the top of a tomato on the floor in the kitchen and feigned terror. I kid you not I was up on the couch in about five seconds and didn't look long enough to see "it" only had six legs.

 

[kcm]

 

[Hammer Stone]

Her name is Virginia. She's a good spider... unless you piss her off. She bit a stick in half.. the equivalent of us biting a telephone pole in half.