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Spider Photos - Wolf Spiders

OTHER WOLF SPIDERS (1)

The surest way to recognize a wolf spider is by the general stout body shape, the eye arrangement and by the fact that they are usually not in a web. Their general body shape is somewhat stout with the cephalothorax and abdomen of about equal sizes. The legs also are stout, fairly even in length and strong enough to support the spiders weight. The legs can be compared to those of many web building spiders whose legs are much longer and thinner. In wolf spiders, the anterior eyes are made up of 4 small eyes in a row, and the posterior eyes are 4 large eyes arranged in two rows. From a front view, you can see a row of 4 small anterior eyes with two larger eyes above them and 2 eyes further back on the head. The large eyes are significant in their behaviour: wolf spiders do have good eyesight (especially for spiders) and use vision fairly extensively for prey capture, courtship and aggressive interactions. The posterior eyes give the spiders vision above them and behind them and are significant in avoiding predation or capture.

Reply: This is a mama wolf spider and her babies.

30 June, 2009:
Hey glen i took this pic yesterday in Steamboat springs Co June 27th 09 Creepy Sarah

29 June, 2009:
I found this spider in my garage, right next to the door to the house, not in a web, just wandering.

28 June, 2009:
Buddy of mine said he found this wandering around a cabin we built last year. I didn’t see it, but he got some pictures. I know they aren’t good top view, but was hoping you could help identify. We live in Southern Indiana. I have never seen anything like this around. Buddy said it was like 6” or better in size? Thanks Bill

26 June, 2009:
Great website! This is one of my favorite things to do. Macro photography! Here is a pic of a wolf mama and her babies. Found this trying to come in my front door!! I let her go after I was done taking pics and grossing out my kids! Feel free to share my photo Jenn, Mulvane, Ks

13 June, 2009:
To: Whom it may concern, Please review the attached pictures of the spider, as I would greatly appreciate any assistance or opinion on what type of spider this may be. The spider was found in our bathroom of our lower floor apartment here in Sacramento, CA. My family and I have noticed a few of these spiders as many as five times within the last two weeks, some smaller than others. Thank you, in advance for your assistance and opinion as we have already alerted the landlord to inform him of the consistency of this problem. Inclusively, please feel free to use our pictures of this spider at your discretion as I have researched your sight and find the information educational as others may find the picture and your information. Best Regards, Eric

Reply: This is a wolf spider, you can see the distinctive eye pattern if you enlarge this picture - glen

13 June, 2009:
This Spider was spotted in the town of Williston Fla. at night on the side of a house in April of this year. Good luck. Michael

5 June, 2009:
Glen, Want to know what kind of spider this is and is it carrying babies on its back or what???? I am from a small town in North Carolina and this picture was taken on a dirt road in Stone Mtn State Park. Just looks like a cool spider.....I send a large picture for you to inspect. Also, how do you answer my question? Email? Please let me know. Thanks. Travis H >

Reply: This is a  female wolf spider carrying her babies - glen

3 June, 2009:
Glen, Want to know what kind of spider this is and is it carrying babies on its back or what???? I am from a small town in North Carolina and this picture was taken on a dirt road in Stone Mtn State Park. Just looks like a cool spider.....I send a large picture for you to inspect. Also, how do you answer my question? Email? Please let me know. Thanks. Travis H >

Reply: This is a  female wolf spider carrying her babies - glen

28 May, 2009:
Hello, I am looking to identify the Spider I found in the back yard last week. Location: The Caribbean: Turks & Caicos Islands. I attach a big picture so you can better see it :) Thanks! Aaron

Reply: I think this is a  wolf spider too - glen

28 May, 2009:
Hello....i live in Central California, and when i walked on to my back patio tonight i saw this HUGE spider just sitting on part of our couch. We live in the country, with horses and a goat, but I've never seen a spider so big and scary in my entire life. (well except for a tarantula) But when my friend tried to catch it, one of the spiders legs got stuck under the jar and got cut off. I've looked but i can't seem to find something that look's like it....can you please help me?! Thank You Michele

Reply: I think this is a  wolf spider  as well - glen

28 May, 2009:
Hello, I found this spider in my closet this morning. I'm not sure what it is though. It was a good 2 and half inches across. There was also a smaller one of these by my bedroom window. It was snacking on a small bug. I've asked several people if they knew what kind of spider it is and no one knows. Could you tell what kind of spider it is? Are these spiders something I should worry about? I don't mind if that photo is shared. Thank you, Jennifer

Reply: I think this is a  wolf spider  - glen

18 May, 2009:
Hello, I didnt know who else to send this to but here is a spider that we found on the wall by our garage door. This one is 1 of 4 that we found hanging outside and we have no clue what it it.......hopefully you will be able to tell us. Thank you so much Marcie

Reply: This is a female wolf spider carrying her babies - glen

18 May, 2009:
Hello, I stumbled upon your site when browsing the internet trying to find out more about this spider. If you could help me out with identifying it, it would be greatly appreciated. sorry about the picture quality, it was late and i just happened to notice it when i went out into the garage and snapped a photo with my phone really quick. Thanks, Steve.

4 May, 2009:
I live in Dillsburg PA can you identify this spider? I want to let him loose outside , We found two of them in the house.are they dangerous? Thanks for any help you can give.

25 March, 2009:
Hi, I stumbled across your site trying to find out what type of spider I photographed (Wolf maybe). By the way your site scares the hell out of me! I hate spiders! Thanks, Kevin

17 March, 2009:
I found this in my pool. Approximately 2 " in length. Thank you for your time. Travis

12 February, 2009:
 Glen: I hope this is still a good email for you! I hope you are doing well! I had visited your interesting website a few years ago, and I hadn't written back because I never took that picture of the big spiders that come in here in the Fall (I live in Monroe County, close to Bloomington, IN). But I just happened to remember, this morning, that my nephew had taken a picture of a big one that came into the house (before he killed it!) this past Fall. Lots of times they pop out in the bathrooms, from behind something, or we see them in the middle of the living room. He got pretty close to it with his camera ( ick!) so it flashed pretty light against the linoleum floor, and it looks lighter than they really are--but I think he did a good job. You had told me if I sent you a pic of one of them, you would help me identify it. These are the big brown ones, some seem like they get almost two inches--counting legs! I have a feeling that these brown ones are wolf spiders, because I heard some people say that there are ones in the trees out in the county, and the story is that some of them get to be about four or six inches big, but I don't know if that is an old wives tale! Please let me know what you think if you can. I just want to know how poinsonous these are (and I'll try at some point, to get a real pic of the black ones sometime), because we have SO many of them coming in in Sept/Oct and I'm still sort of afraid of getting bit sometime. . So that's the only reason--I seem to have a sensitivity to bites of any kind. Well, thanks again for your help. I know it's kind of early to be thinking about the Fall spiders, but spiders and bugs will start coming out outside pretty soon, and I just wanted to see if I could identify it... --Marsha M.

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17 January, 2009:
i have a feeling these are all wolf spiders besides one. the first two pictures were taken in my kitchen in the middle of night. dark brown to black with bands of darker color going down the body. the second from the bottom was yellowish and hanging out on my bathroom wall. not sure what kind that is. and the last one was found in my friends room a long time ago in a corner. about the size of a nickel. i really thought you'd just appreciate the pictures of the wolf spider with her babies, and would love to see them on your site. thanks! -pat

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