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Picture ID 32656

Picture of unidentified spider

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This is a wolf spider. Her offspring are riding on her back.

  • Submitted by: 
    cobrapest
  • Submitted: Aug 30, 2018
  • Photographed: Apr 12, 2014
  • Spider: Unidentified
  • Location: East Greenwich, Rhode Island, United States
  • Spotted Outdoors: Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc)
  • Found in web?: No
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TangledWeb

Hate to ruin the moment, but it looks like the offspring are eating her. Might be riding her too while they liquify her and ingest her. She looks withered and weak. Her exoskeleton might have been breached behind her head. This could be part of the normal withered look after a spider gives birth? Wolf spiderlings are known to ingest their mothers and adult females without offspring that sacrifice themselves to other females’ young.(National Geographic)

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