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Baby Wolves - female
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Baby Wolves - Female
Ledges State Park, Boone County, Iowa, USA
July 31, 2011
Why did the Wolf Spider cross the road? To get her babies to safety of course. Fortunately for the spider the road was closed due to washouts. This momma spider was not at the larger end of the Wolf Spider spectrum.

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Contributed by Stephen_WV on 1 August, 2011 - 5:30pm
Last updated 8 February, 2014 - 7:17pm

Moved
Moved from Wolf Spiders.
… Laura P., 8 February, 2014 - 7:17pm

Pardosa sp.
is my guess. Nice find.
… Lynette Elliott, 6 August, 2011 - 1:04pm

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