Lycosidae
(Wolf Spiders)

Picture ID 64171

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Spider found under my desk at work in Laurel Delaware. Covered with dozens of baby spiders. You can see the camera flash reflecting off some of their eyes. Body including the babies was about the size of a nickel.

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pw8697
Submitted: Jun 5, 2019
Photographed: Jun 4, 2019
Spider: Lycosidae (Wolf Spiders)
Sex:
Female,
Maturity:
Adult
Location: Laurel Delaware, Delaware, United States
Spotted Indoors: Other
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Dorsal, Spiderlings

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CalumEwing

June 5, 2019 8:58 am

This is a female Wolf Spider in the family Lycosidae. Females have curled hairs on their abdomens which help the young to hang on as she moves around.

pw8697

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Reply to CalumEwing

June 6, 2019 7:16 am

Thank you for the fast reply. This spider was the talk of the day yesterday. After playing show and tell, I took her outside to the woods out back of our business. We get quite a few spiders in our building, not sure why they come in. But this was the first with baby spiders.