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07/01/2013 12:01:42 AM · #1 |
So I was weed eating today and this thing decided to jump out from one of my landscape bricks. After I jumped and screamed like a little girl I ran in and grabbed my camera. I used my 10-20 and got two inches from her face. I think she is a Missouri Tarantula but not a 100%
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07/01/2013 12:07:51 AM · #2 |
| Cool looking spider. If this was in Australia I would guess it was a Wolf Spider as they carry their egg sac (and young) and they look similar. |
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07/01/2013 12:09:06 AM · #3 |
| Wow, either a tarantula or she's about to have a million babies... eeek! |
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07/01/2013 12:11:34 AM · #4 |
| Yeah, I clicked on the thumbnail and then screamed like a little girl. Yikes. If it had been me, you'd have had to call the paramedics to restart my heart. |
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07/01/2013 12:21:19 AM · #5 |
| I now know where the designers of those big monster trucks got their inspiration. |
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07/01/2013 12:41:42 AM · #6 |
| Much more likely it's a wolf spider. Missouri Tarantulas aren't marked like that; they are a uniform reddish-brown. |
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07/01/2013 12:42:33 AM · #7 |
| ok so after doing some research I think I've determined this is a fully grown giant Wolf Spider . If I were to guess, with her legs extended she was about the circumference of a softball. Her egg sack was about the size of a ping pong ball (wanna guys how many baby spiders are in there!!) In the states, they are non venomous but can bite which will leave puncture holes in your skin. |
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07/01/2013 12:56:21 AM · #8 |
| Great picture. I was thinking Huntsman, but they're not big enough. Definitely good sized egg sac she's guarding / carrying - probably not a time to pester her?! |
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07/01/2013 01:22:23 AM · #9 |
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07/01/2013 01:28:02 AM · #10 |
| I think she just ate too much. LOL! Dude, you needed to get much closer! |
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07/01/2013 02:12:17 AM · #11 |
| Wow. We have tons of wolf spiders here but I've never seen one that big! |
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07/01/2013 03:30:03 AM · #12 |
yep - cool wolf spider. Once her eggs hatch out of that sac, she will carry all her babies on her back until they are able to be on their own.
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07/01/2013 10:18:17 AM · #13 |
Originally posted by Damon:
ok so after doing some research I think I've determined this is a fully grown giant Wolf Spider . If I were to guess, with her legs extended she was about the circumference of a softball. Her egg sack was about the size of a ping pong ball (wanna guys how many baby spiders are in there!!) In the states, they are non venomous but can bite which will leave puncture holes in your skin. |
I sure hope you mean the DIAMETER of a softball, LOL. Or, you better call Guinness... |
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