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- Submitted: Apr 28, 2018
- Photographed: Apr 25, 2018
- Spider: Tasmanicosa
- Location: Mount Remarkable NP, South Australia, Australia
- Spotted Outdoors: Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Dorsal, Spiderlings
Help identify this spider
Feb 8, 2018
Feb 9, 2018
Millicent, SA, 
Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 This is a mother Wolf Spider (Lycosidae) carrying her spiderlings.
Thank you itsybitsy, my initial hunch was wolf spider but most of the wolf spiders I’ve seen online are brown so was a little thrown off. Appreciate your reply
You’re welcome. Likely a Tasmanicosa sp..
https://atlasoflife.naturemapr.org/Community/Sighting/3380961