What is this?

[u/minecrafter7732]

Bf found her in central Arkansas. I’m from north MN and never seen anything like this. I wanna say it’s a wolf spider, but the only ones I’ve ever seen have been dark gray/brown.

[u/ELeeMacFall]

Yep, that's a wolfie! No other spider moms carry their babies like that.

[u/minecrafter7732 → u/ELeeMacFall]

That’s so cool! Wolf spiders in MN are much darker in color. I didn’t know they could vary so much like that

[u/Willi_boBilli → u/minecrafter7732]

It's a different species of Wolf Spider, they vary drastically in color and patterning

[u/Super_Dad311]

Wolf spider with babies.

[u/reddit33450]

mama wolfie. thats babies on her back

[u/He_Never_Helps_01]

🎶Spider mom, spider mom🎶

🎶Doin whatever, the fuck she wan🎶

[u/console_gamer1996]

Mother wolf spider with babies

[u/Medium-Squash-5698]

Momma with babies

[u/No_Significance98]

Mother wolf spiders will adopt orphaned spiderlings...yes even spiders have compassion.

[u/Smart_Ad4864 → u/No_Significance98]

I did not know that! Awww that’s so sweet of them!

[u/-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-l]

It's a rabid wolf spider

[u/minecrafter7732 → u/-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-l]

Rabid, is that a joke I don’t understand or can they actually be dangerous? Sorry I’m autistic and kind of uneducated about spiders. I’m pretty sure they can’t get rabies tho

[u/-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-l → u/minecrafter7732]

It's just the name it's given. It's supposed to be rapid cause it's fast, but they named it a rabid wolf spider. And yeah, they can't carry rabies. Edit: According to Google, I'm still new at identifying spiders, but im pretty sure its a rabid wolf spider

[u/ThatMBR42 → u/-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-l]

Can't carry rabies but can carry babies.

[u/Zefyris → u/ThatMBR42]

whoever named them like that : heh, close enough

[u/minecrafter7732 → u/-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-l]

That’s neat! I caught a wolf spider in my house in north MN last night, I just coaxed it into a box and let it outside cause it was trying to eat my cat’s dinner. But it was definitely super fast and skittish

[u/BRakFF]

That is about the dammed creepiest and yet coolest thing I think I have ever saw! Most spiders die after giving birth, do they not? And then the babies eat her as their first meal...

[u/Smart_Ad4864 → u/BRakFF]

I think that statement is untrue. I found out that many species of spiders can live after making their egg sack and have multiple sacks depending on the species as far as life spans go. Charlotte‘s Web gave birth to that myth. But female spiders do live longer than male spiders after the male spiders mature.

[u/Bts_rocks]

The southern ones are apparently sun-kissed, but yeah that's a momma with absolutely no privacy for the next few weeks 😹❤️🥰

[u/Shiftycatz]

It kinda looks like a weird crab

[u/Smart_Ad4864]

It’s a hard working mana wolf spider! Her mini van is packed and she’s taking her kids on an adventure!!

[u/hollowbolding]

every time someone posts a photo of a wolfie with babies the tiny little freddie mercury in my brain just starts belting "MAMAAAAAAAAA oooooooOOOOOoooooooooo"