Wolf spider … with baggage

The “baggage” is no doubt an egg sac. Momma popped out from where she was hiding when I got too close while I was weeding.

weeding ['wēd ing] intransitive verb
The never-ending task of removing unwanted plants from plots of desired plants.
Example: “I was weeding a flower bed”

Posted to BugGuide; ID’ed only to the family of Wolf spiders (Lycosidae).

Aha! Six years ago I posted a photo later in the season, when some of the eggs had hatched and the newborn babies had climbed aboard for the ride. See this 2016 post!

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April 22 posts
  1 year ago: “She wanted her pink socks to be prominent” (one of my favorites of her!)
 2 years ago: “Date night”
 3 years ago: “Puzzle #37”
 4 years ago: No post
 5 years ago: “Renovation revelations! [Travel day filler]”
 6 years ago: “Six-month photo [Filler]”
 7 years ago: “North by Northwest” (wonder if I still have the Absinthe…)
 8 years ago: “Step right up! It’s ‘baggage roulette’!”
 9 years ago: “Walnut twig”
10 years ago: “Another visitor to the greenhouse”
11 years ago: “Urn plant”
12 years ago: “10 p.m. desperation”
13 years ago: “Happy Easter in Beantown!”

[Corinne C]

What a catch!

[Kathy]

Good close up of the texture of her body and the surroundings.

[Jane Anderson]

The two photos go together so well!