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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae) » Unidentified Wolf Spiders covered with young
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fishing spider???
Copyright © 2011 Mark Walter

fishing spider???
Umatilla, Lake County, Florida, USA
May 7, 2011
Size: 1 inch
Looks a little like a fishing spider, if I shine a flashlight into the field at night next to the lake there are thousands of them with their eyes reflecting back. What the heck has he/she got on their back....eggs ,parasites?

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fishing spider??? fishing spider???
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Contributed by Mark Walter on 7 May, 2011 - 3:26pm
Last updated 8 May, 2011 - 11:08am

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Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 8 May, 2011 - 11:08am login or register to post comments

Exactly what Ken said. Wol
Exactly what Ken said.

Wolf spider mothers are the only spiders to carry their hatched young on their back until they're old enough to venture off on their own. Wolf spiders also have reflective eyes as you mentioned.
… Putsky, 7 May, 2011 - 6:17pm login or register to post comments

Momma Wolf Spider...
...with her babies on her back. :)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 7 May, 2011 - 3:28pm login or register to post comments

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