Didn’t know what I had here…

… until I saw it on the computer monitor. I just thought it was a spider with a very "bumpy" or textured body. Each of the bumps, though, is a baby that hatched out of the big, white egg sac that "momma" was dragging behind her, with a hitchhiker still on the egg sac. So yes, each of the white spots on the spider is a baby spider: future bug-control in the garden!

I posted this to BugGuide expecting that ID'ing it would be impossible since the mother's body is covered and the all-important eye info is not apparent. But a contributing editor immediately commented, "Wolf spider, Lycosidae — This is the way they carry their babies"; http://bugguide.net/node/view/1236019

1 year ago (“Our old-man-of-the-house…”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2015-05-31
2 years ago (“Last [official] day!”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-05-31
3 years ago (“Sensitive plant”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-05-31
4 years ago (“‘Untitled’ (or perhaps ‘Stringy, purple flowers’)”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-05-31
5 years ago (“Screened-in egglings”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-05-31

[ IMG_0868S12x9Atm :: f/5.6 :: 1/50" :: ISO-400 :: 250mm ]

[Thom Mitchell]

@espyetta Thought of you, MaryBeth!

[Mickey Anderson]

That is so cool!! Well done

[MaryBeth Dailey]

I knew it was a Wolf too. Because of the babies on the back. I once years and years ago saw someone step on a wolf spider and then tiny babies ran out from under the foot spreading all
Over. I was like "did I really just SEE that?!"

[Thom Mitchell]

@espyetta Sounds like a horror movie with the babies scattering!

[MaryBeth Dailey]

@rhoing it was
Freaky