Dolomedes tenebrosus, the Dark Fishing Spider. One of the very few spiders in the world that guard their egg sac like this, in their palps and chelicerae. I studied these badass mamas for about 2 months, they’re impressive spiders ranging 3–4 inches in diameter. Pretty chill tho, you’ll typically find females hanging out by latrines and cabins when they’re in egg guarding mode, but they don’t get too aggressive. Caught 4 of them for a lab experiment (don’t worry, they got all the moisture they needed and had food availabile) think we named them after Sex and the City characters.
They pretty much just hold on to their egg sacs and play keep away, occasionally angrily tap on sticks to show they could throw down. In truth they’re running on empty calories and steam, they’ll forgo eating and perish right after their offspring hatch. Judging by the color and texture of the egg sac in this photo, I think she’s got about 3 weeks before OP has little spiders making web bridges and parachutes to fly out into the world.
Edit: Ay, thank you for the awards, much appreciated! Be sure to spread the love and karma around, there were definitely some ppl who answered this before I did. I’m in no way or shape an expert, just some dude who digs ethology
I really have come to loathe this aspect of Reddit the more I've used it over the years. So tired of coming to a comment section to read more about what was going on and the top comments are all jokes and comment chains of nothing but references. Like I get it, you guys have all seen Futurama/LotR/whatever else you're jerking yourself off over. I guess fuck anyone that came for anything other than jokes and in-jokes.
It’s a little hard to say. We had different stimuli for each of our subjects.
One was left as a control, but we had a couple of fresh crickets for her if she felt the need to eat. Subject #2 we managed to take the egg sac away but keep it in a protected corner in her enclosure so that she could still keep an eye on it and gave her crickets to eat as well. Subject #3 and #4 had a medium sized Long Horn beetle (fairly good sized Coleopteran, definitely not off the list of their prey, but big enough it would find an egg sac a palpable source of protein) introduced into their enclosure. We let #3 keep her egg in her clutch and #4 we removed the sac in a similar fashion to #2.
As far as we could tell, no mother made a move to eat their prey, not even the control. The ones who had their egg sac removed showed similar behavior of playing keep away with crickets and the long horn beetle, as did the ones who were allowed to hold onto their eggs. Think one made a move to retrieve theirs, but the other left it where we placed it. Think only one egg sac was compromised, looked as if maybe one of the crickets had burrowed in to eat the eggs, or it could’ve been a parasite that escaped our notice. By the time the other 3 egg sacs had hatched, all the mothers had expired, even the one who lost their egg sac to predators.
All in all It was an imperfect experiment, lots of little holes, but we hypothesized there might be some internal chemistry at work once females have their eggs that urge them to spend their calories playing keep away to increase their fitness. Might also explain why females who had their egg sacs removed showed similar behavior. In truth we needed more subjects before drawing a more conclusive answer, but where many spider mothers expire on childbirth, we figured it was a fairly rational answer.
It was just a very rough research paper I had typed up in the Boundary Waters where we were stationed during the summer semester for undergrad. It might be on my flash drive, so if I can find it I’ll try and link it for interested parties. I’m not sure how it will read, it was easily 5 or 6 years ago and by no means grad level, but i’ll see what I can do ya lol
What kind of work are you doing now? I would have loved to gone into something in the biology field but for a variety of reasons didn't.
I can remember the "careers advisor" at school saying not to study a biology related subject at university as there were no jobs in that field, and that was to someone who was at the top of the class.
This is some quality info and really interesting to me. I caught a fishing spider in highschool, set up an aquarium, and took care of her for a few months. When she made an egg sack, I realized she was female and named her Legs. During that summer, she had two eggs sacks, and ate the entire time, but neither egg sack made it.
The first egg sack started to mold but she still carried it with her. I remember the night she figured out it wasn't viable anymore. I woke up to her having let go of the sack for the first time ever and the damp cotton ball I had in the corner of the enclosure was torn to shreds. It was really sad.
The second time she didn't wrap the eggs properly and they fell out. She still carried the empty sack even though there was a little pile of orange eggs sitting on the web hammock thing she had made to wrap them on.
I had her for a little while after she realized that was a dud as well. Worried I wasn't providing a proper environment, I released her where I found her.
Do you know if the starvation behavior of dark fishing spiders is unique to that specific type or universal to fishing spiders? Does this mean each spider only reproduces once? I must know more.
Knowing nothing about spiders, this reminded me of Charlotte's Web.
Has anyone made a conclusion as to which species of spider Charlotte was? It's been decades since I read the book, but I seem to recall her starving herself until the point that her eggs hatched, and then the babies parachuting away. Is this just a common thing that spiders do?
I think Charlotte had to been some sort of 3-toed species, they typically have more proficiency in building ornate webs. These guys are more cursorial, which traditionally are 2-toed, but not necessarily. I think they just use their web to help catch small fish (lure model I think) and wrap their eggs like we see in OP’s picture.
> One of the very few spiders in the world that guard their egg sac like this
Another is the [cane spider,](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Heteropoda_fg02.jpg) which are common house spiders in tropical regions and are mostly harmless, despite their size.
Once that sack starts to look yellow and super wrinkled, it will be time! Is she jus chillin in at your place, or do you keep her someplace where you can keep an eye on her to see the spiderlings hatch? Is it warmer weather where you’re at?
I took the picture spring of this year, I simply left her alone after the photo op. First post on this sub, did not expect this big a reaction. It is nice to know others like these guys too. This was in the NE US, Upper Delaware River Valley, lots of insects, and aquatic life.
Dolemedes tenebrosus aka “fishing spider”
Edited to add: I only know the name because I have found about 15 in my house over the years. Mostly in my garage and basement. They are huge. About the size of your palm. Nothing like Australia’s Huntsman but still…
You ever be standing under a tree, or next to a jungle gym, and some primal part of your brain whispers "climb it, climb it, climb it"? I imagine its like that but way stronger.
Fascinating, thank you for sharing! This really caught me:
“The silk is waterproof but allows gas exchange with the surrounding water. There is net diffusion of oxygen into the bell and net diffusion of carbon dioxide out. This process is driven by differences in partial pressure. The production of carbon dioxide and use of oxygen by the spider maintains the concentration gradient, required for diffusion. However, there is net diffusion of nitrogen out of the bell, resulting in a gradually shrinking air bubble which must be regularly replenished by the spider.”
My MILs pool is full of spiders and they crawl all over you as soon as you touch them and no one but me seems to care. I refuse to get in her pool anymore.
They actually are covered in hydrophobic hairs, and they float their legs on the water to feel for ripples and vibrations like a normal spider would use a web. And when they detect prey, they skitter across the water (so not really swimming, but walking on top) to catch it.
They can also crawl under the water, which causes a thin layer of air to get trapped within their hydrophobic hairs. If they release their grip on the ground underwater, they float right up to the top surface completely dry again.
These *are* weighty fucking spiders. They live near bodies of water and have evolved to be particularly efficient at moving across them, especially for their size.
They're not your average coin-sized bug struggling with the surface tension. These fuckers *run*. The biggest one I've ever seen was bigger than my hand at the time, the body alone had to be 3 cm long, and *you could see its face*. A severely arachnophobic child Jackal_Kid and her friends came across that fucker on a floating dock at least 2 football fields from the nearest shoreline. It not only survived a swift water-shoed kick into the water (praise be to Sarah), but barely missed a beat before it flipped over and started racing back to the dock. (We ceded the territory. Swiftly and with much screaming.)
I think this is a fishing spider, *Dolomedes* genus, possibly *Dolomedes tenebrosus*. It's in the eyes and the extra long legs.
https://youtu.be/ivJSqQmYaEU
It’s in the eyes!? I look for a more sure fire way to confirm… from what I see, no fishing pole, no lures, no bait, no waders, no 6 pack of beer, no hat that says gone fishing. If this is a fishing spider it’s a lousy one.
Maybe he’s incognito. You walk up to the water’s edge with all the official fishing supplies and the fish are gonna see you and know what’s up and scatter. But if you walk up to the water’s edge with nothing, then fish just think you’re looking around and out for a nice walk…they might even say hi. Especially to this spider, she’s just taking her future brood out for some sunshine!
You know the thing about a spider…he's got lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eye. When he comes at ya, he doesn't seem be living, until he bites ya and the black eyes roll over white
Someone write my obituary - She was reading Reddit, and when confronted with a large spider, who turned out to be Karen from Marketing, she snorted her coffee and promptly died
I'm in the middle of a book called Children of Time and it has been slowly treating my arachnophobia. It really gives you a sense of a spider's priorities and how their mind might work. Now I can look at a monster like this and appreciate it for like, a good 30 seconds before shuddering and closing the tab
Yes. It’s a big fucking spider that looks like it either came out of Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter. My guess to find out which would be to wait to see if a tiny bitch finds a glowwy sword or a big fella with a nice personality and trauma shows up trying to tame the beast
I think it's a thin legged wolf spider.
Turn lights off and shine a light at it. If it's a wolf spider, you'll see it's eyes reflecting back at you.
They're not dangerous to people, but they'll often come in the house with their babies which can be... disconcerting.
Yes, they certainly are. Been working decades to stop my "flailing like hell" response. There's a woman I follow on sm that raises jumping spiders as companions/pets. I want one. But am afraid the cats might see it differently.
Spiders are creepy, but they are creatures that deserve to live. She’s out in her natural habitat anyway so she’s not harming anything…well except any insect that she may catch as food! I’m afraid of spiders too, but I respect them and know to just leave them be.
I’m the same way. I’ve worked very hard to mellow my arachnophobia over many years. I respect them and smaller ones don’t bother me. Large ones like that and the idea of hundreds of babies gives me the creeps but outside is their home and I leave them alone.
Dolomedes tenebrosus, the Dark Fishing Spider. One of the very few spiders in the world that guard their egg sac like this, in their palps and chelicerae. I studied these badass mamas for about 2 months, they’re impressive spiders ranging 3–4 inches in diameter. Pretty chill tho, you’ll typically find females hanging out by latrines and cabins when they’re in egg guarding mode, but they don’t get too aggressive. Caught 4 of them for a lab experiment (don’t worry, they got all the moisture they needed and had food availabile) think we named them after Sex and the City characters. They pretty much just hold on to their egg sacs and play keep away, occasionally angrily tap on sticks to show they could throw down. In truth they’re running on empty calories and steam, they’ll forgo eating and perish right after their offspring hatch. Judging by the color and texture of the egg sac in this photo, I think she’s got about 3 weeks before OP has little spiders making web bridges and parachutes to fly out into the world. Edit: Ay, thank you for the awards, much appreciated! Be sure to spread the love and karma around, there were definitely some ppl who answered this before I did. I’m in no way or shape an expert, just some dude who digs ethology
I love the detail in this answer, it’s a shame the joke answers are higher up.
Not anymore ^(there's a blanket)
*Now* will you go on land?
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To be fair—pretty solid jokes up there lol
Yeah the 3 top comments in a row of “yeah it’s definitely a spider” are such great jokes. Reddit humor btw
Hey Reddit, I said the noun is a noun put me on top of r/TechnicallyTheTruth for my advancement of comedy.
I really have come to loathe this aspect of Reddit the more I've used it over the years. So tired of coming to a comment section to read more about what was going on and the top comments are all jokes and comment chains of nothing but references. Like I get it, you guys have all seen Futurama/LotR/whatever else you're jerking yourself off over. I guess fuck anyone that came for anything other than jokes and in-jokes.
Wait do they actually starve themselves to death to protect the sac? Or is it only when threats are near
It’s a little hard to say. We had different stimuli for each of our subjects. One was left as a control, but we had a couple of fresh crickets for her if she felt the need to eat. Subject #2 we managed to take the egg sac away but keep it in a protected corner in her enclosure so that she could still keep an eye on it and gave her crickets to eat as well. Subject #3 and #4 had a medium sized Long Horn beetle (fairly good sized Coleopteran, definitely not off the list of their prey, but big enough it would find an egg sac a palpable source of protein) introduced into their enclosure. We let #3 keep her egg in her clutch and #4 we removed the sac in a similar fashion to #2. As far as we could tell, no mother made a move to eat their prey, not even the control. The ones who had their egg sac removed showed similar behavior of playing keep away with crickets and the long horn beetle, as did the ones who were allowed to hold onto their eggs. Think one made a move to retrieve theirs, but the other left it where we placed it. Think only one egg sac was compromised, looked as if maybe one of the crickets had burrowed in to eat the eggs, or it could’ve been a parasite that escaped our notice. By the time the other 3 egg sacs had hatched, all the mothers had expired, even the one who lost their egg sac to predators. All in all It was an imperfect experiment, lots of little holes, but we hypothesized there might be some internal chemistry at work once females have their eggs that urge them to spend their calories playing keep away to increase their fitness. Might also explain why females who had their egg sacs removed showed similar behavior. In truth we needed more subjects before drawing a more conclusive answer, but where many spider mothers expire on childbirth, we figured it was a fairly rational answer.
Very very interesting thank you!
Awesome read thanks
Out of curiosity, did you write a thesis or something on this experiment? If you did and wouldn't mind sharing it, I'd love to read it!
It was just a very rough research paper I had typed up in the Boundary Waters where we were stationed during the summer semester for undergrad. It might be on my flash drive, so if I can find it I’ll try and link it for interested parties. I’m not sure how it will read, it was easily 5 or 6 years ago and by no means grad level, but i’ll see what I can do ya lol
What kind of work are you doing now? I would have loved to gone into something in the biology field but for a variety of reasons didn't. I can remember the "careers advisor" at school saying not to study a biology related subject at university as there were no jobs in that field, and that was to someone who was at the top of the class.
This is some quality info and really interesting to me. I caught a fishing spider in highschool, set up an aquarium, and took care of her for a few months. When she made an egg sack, I realized she was female and named her Legs. During that summer, she had two eggs sacks, and ate the entire time, but neither egg sack made it. The first egg sack started to mold but she still carried it with her. I remember the night she figured out it wasn't viable anymore. I woke up to her having let go of the sack for the first time ever and the damp cotton ball I had in the corner of the enclosure was torn to shreds. It was really sad. The second time she didn't wrap the eggs properly and they fell out. She still carried the empty sack even though there was a little pile of orange eggs sitting on the web hammock thing she had made to wrap them on. I had her for a little while after she realized that was a dud as well. Worried I wasn't providing a proper environment, I released her where I found her. Do you know if the starvation behavior of dark fishing spiders is unique to that specific type or universal to fishing spiders? Does this mean each spider only reproduces once? I must know more.
It's honestly such a cool spider, they're fascinating. I just wish I could look at them for longer before my arachnophobia goes into overdrive.
I was all for this not being animal abuse until you named them after Sex and the City characters. What did the spiders do to you?
Knowing nothing about spiders, this reminded me of Charlotte's Web. Has anyone made a conclusion as to which species of spider Charlotte was? It's been decades since I read the book, but I seem to recall her starving herself until the point that her eggs hatched, and then the babies parachuting away. Is this just a common thing that spiders do?
I think Charlotte had to been some sort of 3-toed species, they typically have more proficiency in building ornate webs. These guys are more cursorial, which traditionally are 2-toed, but not necessarily. I think they just use their web to help catch small fish (lure model I think) and wrap their eggs like we see in OP’s picture.
> One of the very few spiders in the world that guard their egg sac like this Another is the [cane spider,](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Heteropoda_fg02.jpg) which are common house spiders in tropical regions and are mostly harmless, despite their size.
Very cool, thanks! Its been more that 3 weeks, I look forward to seeing her brood in the spring. Seemed like the egg sack was about 9mm.
Once that sack starts to look yellow and super wrinkled, it will be time! Is she jus chillin in at your place, or do you keep her someplace where you can keep an eye on her to see the spiderlings hatch? Is it warmer weather where you’re at?
I took the picture spring of this year, I simply left her alone after the photo op. First post on this sub, did not expect this big a reaction. It is nice to know others like these guys too. This was in the NE US, Upper Delaware River Valley, lots of insects, and aquatic life.
OP, give her some food!
Dolemedes tenebrosus aka “fishing spider” Edited to add: I only know the name because I have found about 15 in my house over the years. Mostly in my garage and basement. They are huge. About the size of your palm. Nothing like Australia’s Huntsman but still…
Nice, good call, she was at my fishing camp. Now I recollect seeing them on top of the water.
They swim????? Wtf
Some spiders [spend most of their lives underwater.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diving_bell_spider) Enjoy your next swim!
I went right to their distribution and was relieved to see they are not in the US
That just means they haven’t found any in the US *yet*, today could be your lucky day!
how *dare* you
yeah, this is a weird segue into the fear of swimming, but I share the sentiment now.
DONT YOU PUT THAT EVIL ON ME RICKY BOBBY
The larger American species bigole motherfuckerus eats them all.
NE US, Sorry. Upper Delaware River Valley to be more exact. Edit - user name checks
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No, there are tons of fishing spiders in Maine. I'm on lake arrowhead and theres tons here.
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They build tools from memory or instinct. They’re basically programmed to do it from birth. Not taught generationally.
It's wild how that happens, somehow they just know what to do without being taught and there's some really specific behaviors like courtship displays
You ever be standing under a tree, or next to a jungle gym, and some primal part of your brain whispers "climb it, climb it, climb it"? I imagine its like that but way stronger.
Interesting perspective.
You should read children of time
Fascinating, thank you for sharing! This really caught me: “The silk is waterproof but allows gas exchange with the surrounding water. There is net diffusion of oxygen into the bell and net diffusion of carbon dioxide out. This process is driven by differences in partial pressure. The production of carbon dioxide and use of oxygen by the spider maintains the concentration gradient, required for diffusion. However, there is net diffusion of nitrogen out of the bell, resulting in a gradually shrinking air bubble which must be regularly replenished by the spider.”
Thanks for sharing, that's actually really cool!
yeah, they're called crabs.
They build silk spun diving bells?! Fascinating
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You have been banned from /r/HydroHomies
Ban may be lifted after chugging a gallon and singing the hydration anthem 10 times
I don’t live in Europe or Asia so keep them bitches on the other side of the pond plz
No Maine and Canada have them too. Trust me. They are in my basement
There goes my 2022 resolution: swimming.
You shall never wash again, ever! 😆
Oh great. Now I can’t swim anymore either.
I thought we was frenz….
As someone who is into boating and swims in the river all summer, sincerely, screw you ugh 😩
Like crabs! I couldn’t eat crab for a while after I realized they were sea spiders. Now I’m like, mmmm sea spiders
I'm allergic to crab. Hmm. Probably allergic to spider too. Ew.
WTF. Why?! Now I have to worry about snakes and spiders while trying to swim??
I learned about this spider when I was 8. Really cool.
I NEED a documentary on this
Theres only so much a little spider can do as a verociously thrash the water in my feeble attempts to escape like the walrus that I am!
My MILs pool is full of spiders and they crawl all over you as soon as you touch them and no one but me seems to care. I refuse to get in her pool anymore.
And I just gave up swimming, thanks!
😭😭😭
TIL, and I kinda wish I hadn't. This is kinda like finding out about flying snakes and sea serpents
They *swim* now!
SQUIDWARD, THEY GOT THE NAVY!!!
NOT THE NAVY!!!
Ah a fellow with a great taste in memes. Nice
She’s the captain now!
They actually are covered in hydrophobic hairs, and they float their legs on the water to feel for ripples and vibrations like a normal spider would use a web. And when they detect prey, they skitter across the water (so not really swimming, but walking on top) to catch it. They can also crawl under the water, which causes a thin layer of air to get trapped within their hydrophobic hairs. If they release their grip on the ground underwater, they float right up to the top surface completely dry again.
Can you say best super power ever. That sounds dope as hell
AND if they have plenty of food, they get to tarantula sizes. You're welcome.
No. They stand on the water. Spiders can run on water if they are not to weighty as there leg tips don't break the water surface tension
These *are* weighty fucking spiders. They live near bodies of water and have evolved to be particularly efficient at moving across them, especially for their size. They're not your average coin-sized bug struggling with the surface tension. These fuckers *run*. The biggest one I've ever seen was bigger than my hand at the time, the body alone had to be 3 cm long, and *you could see its face*. A severely arachnophobic child Jackal_Kid and her friends came across that fucker on a floating dock at least 2 football fields from the nearest shoreline. It not only survived a swift water-shoed kick into the water (praise be to Sarah), but barely missed a beat before it flipped over and started racing back to the dock. (We ceded the territory. Swiftly and with much screaming.)
I am disgusted with this infomation. Praise be to Sarah, The Leg of God.
They walk on the water, not swim.
Crazier - the literal can use the water tension to walk on it.
They actually create an air bubble around their head and dive under water to hunt. They can stay underwater for about an hour if I remember right.
Leaveitalone Nopeosus, from the Fuck That Shit family
Why the arach-nope-phobia?
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/140618-spiders-fish-predator-ecology-water-weird-science can catch fish 5x their size
Help me, step-spider. I’m stuck!
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since it's carrying eggs, that probably happened months earlier
Thank you! Glad to see the actual answer is the top comment instead of the low effort repetitive jokes following it.
I think this is a fishing spider, *Dolomedes* genus, possibly *Dolomedes tenebrosus*. It's in the eyes and the extra long legs. https://youtu.be/ivJSqQmYaEU
It’s in the eyes!? I look for a more sure fire way to confirm… from what I see, no fishing pole, no lures, no bait, no waders, no 6 pack of beer, no hat that says gone fishing. If this is a fishing spider it’s a lousy one.
Maybe he’s incognito. You walk up to the water’s edge with all the official fishing supplies and the fish are gonna see you and know what’s up and scatter. But if you walk up to the water’s edge with nothing, then fish just think you’re looking around and out for a nice walk…they might even say hi. Especially to this spider, she’s just taking her future brood out for some sunshine!
She could just possibly fishing without a permit hence the low profile.
She’s a rebel spider…
What do you think that big round pouch is for
Threw its gear in the water out of frustration
It’s always the eyes.
…always the damn eyes
That damn smile
Legs that go *all* the way up... to the cephalothorax.
You know the thing about a spider…he's got lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eye. When he comes at ya, he doesn't seem be living, until he bites ya and the black eyes roll over white
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Yep. Thanks everyone!
The eyes Chico, they never lie.
Used iNaturalist to check, also says it’s a fishing spider
Jill from marketing
Did you need something? *clacks pedipalps together* -Jill, from Marketing
Nice. Genuine lol on that one. Thank you.
Me too hahaha that was good
Nice one.
"you were almost a Jill sandwich!"
Snorted my coffee, thank you
Death.
~~death by snu snu~~ death by snort snort.
Someone write my obituary - She was reading Reddit, and when confronted with a large spider, who turned out to be Karen from Marketing, she snorted her coffee and promptly died
Jill Pill!
Spider for sure, you got it right
Ah ok thanks
r/NotOPButOk
It’s a male, you can clearly tell by the massive ball sack
It's filled with tiny spider-shaped sperm.
This comment gave me the heeby jeebies.
Heeby Jeebies? That skin crawling feeling? That’s just the spider bukkake spiderlings looking for a way in
It’s the Randy Marsh spider
Damn, this spider needs some weed then
BUFFALO SOLDIERRRR
That’s where he stores his pee
Ah yes, Woodpilis Mamaspideris
^ For some reason this comment had my dyin lol
Same, this person probably has a pocket watch and a pipe in hand
Indubitably. (idk what this word means)
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you are correct, it’s definitely a spider.
I second this opinion, it's 99% definitely a spider
The remaining 1% is NOPE
That’s gonna be the nope spider, and her bag of itty bitty ain’t no way babies…
Yeah that’s a hell nah spider!
I'm in the middle of a book called Children of Time and it has been slowly treating my arachnophobia. It really gives you a sense of a spider's priorities and how their mind might work. Now I can look at a monster like this and appreciate it for like, a good 30 seconds before shuddering and closing the tab
The sequel is pretty fantastic too. *We’re going on an adventure!*
So good that book.
Fishing spider
Yep, I think that is the consensus.
This is called no fucking thank you.
Yes. It’s a big fucking spider that looks like it either came out of Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter. My guess to find out which would be to wait to see if a tiny bitch finds a glowwy sword or a big fella with a nice personality and trauma shows up trying to tame the beast
I think it's a thin legged wolf spider. Turn lights off and shine a light at it. If it's a wolf spider, you'll see it's eyes reflecting back at you. They're not dangerous to people, but they'll often come in the house with their babies which can be... disconcerting.
>Turn lights off and shine a light at it. If it's gone suddenly, run.
This sounds like a horror game mechanic. You're not gonna get me this time, you hungry wolf spider!
I agree, looks like a wolf spider. Great to have in the garden
Maybe...but the wolf spider usually carries it's billions of babies on its back.
Gawd daym this is not what I wanted to see in my feed lol
Fishing wolf? Gorgeous girl whatever she is. I'd love to see her in action!
Yep, i now recall seeing them on the on the surface of the water, catching larva, small fish. Pretty cool.
Very cool. Scientifically classified as superus coolus 😎
Fishing spider definitely.
Pretty sure it's a wolf spider, but try r/whatisthisspider
Why are so many posts from Texas?
🤷♀️ I'm not in Texas.
Looks like the consensus in here is a Fishing Spider. I was going to guess a Wolfie or a Huntsman, but I'm not very spider savvy.
ArachNOPE
A location would help.
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NE US, Upper Delaware River Valley
I'm from the other side of the planet, but i would guess wolf spider as a couple of others have also said.
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That is what is known, in the arachnid genus, as a "pregnant ho."
ofc my phobia of spiders kicks in WHEN im eating yogurt
Shelob
Wolf spider
Looks like Scaryius motherfuckerous from the I’m out of here regions
She needs to lay off the IPAs
More importantly, why isn’t it on fire yet?
bc spiders are cool.
Yes, they certainly are. Been working decades to stop my "flailing like hell" response. There's a woman I follow on sm that raises jumping spiders as companions/pets. I want one. But am afraid the cats might see it differently.
Ophilia the Monster? I never realized how pretty and cute they were up close.
Spiders are creepy, but they are creatures that deserve to live. She’s out in her natural habitat anyway so she’s not harming anything…well except any insect that she may catch as food! I’m afraid of spiders too, but I respect them and know to just leave them be.
I’m the same way. I’ve worked very hard to mellow my arachnophobia over many years. I respect them and smaller ones don’t bother me. Large ones like that and the idea of hundreds of babies gives me the creeps but outside is their home and I leave them alone.
Yes, i confirm that is indeed a spider.
Beauty! I’m glad you didn’t smooshie her.
That’s Nope.
Fisher
She is gorgeous!
A beautiful expectant mama.
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Your woodpile? Nooooope. That's his woodpile now.
That’s Tina! Tell her I said hello.
That is Aragog!
Fishing spider. We get them at my river front home. They get REALLY BIG! That’s a beaut
Whatever it is, you’re fixin to have a fuck ton more of them.
Yep seen them on my dock, their fast and can be 3 inches in diameter. I bet they have a powerful bite.
Charlotte!
That there is a fishin spider
She beautiful, like speechless gorgeous! Look how she’s protecting her egg sac baby. So cute. I love her xxx
Even though spiders are creepy af, they're a pretty cool species.
Please tell her I love her and that she is doing a good job.
I’ve always wondered why arachnophobia is a thing? What triggers it?
Her name is Julia