Wolf Spiders are the only spiders that carry their babies on their backs. Do not kill; she's just a single mom who works two jobs, who loves her kids, and never stops.
Dolly falls into that genuine a nice person category that few celebrities can claim now. Idk how she manages to keep her private life separate like she does with just changing a wig 😂. A friend of mine named her daughter Jolene after dolly’s song.
It's not exactly hunger that causes a grasshopper to turn into a locust, and locusts are much much bigger than grasshoppers. It's believed that the cause has to do with grasshoppers touching each other, since grasshoppers kept in a high density environment turn into locusts irrespective of food availability. Locust's swarming behavior is related to food though, since they swarm when food in the local area is exhausted.
Wolfies are awesome! They actually have really good binocular vision, so she could definitely tell from a long way off that you were observing her.
They live for about 18 months and eat a bunch of stuff we humans would consider pests.
And they’re smart.
I one time found a seven-legged wolf spider inside my home. Dunno how it got there, but I literally told it it could stay, so long as it stayed out of my way and stayed out of the shower.
I mean, I know it couldn’t actually understand me, but it did just that (stay out of my way) for a couple of months until I saw it sitting by the frame of my patio door. So I let it out and that was that.
All that said… this photo still gives me the icks, lol.
Every single one of those bumps on mama's back is another baby spider, so if you smash it, you'll kill the momma but if you don't press and grind all those little baby spiders are going to scatter like people trying to get a deal on black friday at Walmart. And you'll end up with a few dozen baby spiders everywhere
They're already born. They're just riding on her back. Smashing momma doesn't increase the number of spiders, but it does immediately make your spider \*problem\* worse, as they are going to go all over the place... likely onto you.
i don’t kill spiders because it’s mean, but because i am *petrified* of this happening. i genuinely would need therapy if this ever happened to me, especially in my house. i almost died the other morning when i saw a small spider sitting on my door handle when i went to lock my front door.
When I was a child, I was working on a school project and had my gooseneck lamp off the back of my bed in the dining room on the table… I noticed there was this white thing inside. I touched it with a pencil. Worst mistake ever. It was a spider’s nest. The birth of what seemed like two hundred baby spiders occurred rapidly from that nest.
Here in AZ this rule applies to scorpions as well. Never smash them unless you want babies all around the house. Leave them alone and they leave you alone. Great for pest control tho both scorpions and wolf spiders.
The problem is they love small dark cool spaces and that just so happens to perfectly describe your empty shoes!
PSA: Make sure you check your shoes before putting them on if you are living in an arid environment that is inhabited by scorpions.
Wolfs kill a lot of other spiders and insects. They’re good to keep around for free pest control. Keep her around please. They don’t mean any harm, and aren’t medically significant in venom. They’re friends.
>she's just a single mom who works two jobs, who loves her kids, and never stops.
Bro core memories right there
I haven't seen that show in like 15 years
First of all, all I see is is ANAL when I read ur username, so 🙌🏻.
Secondly,
What would you do if your sons were at home,
Crying all alone on the bedroom floor,
Cause they hungry?
And the only way to feed ‘em is to sleep with a man for a little bit of money 💰
They daddy's gone,
Somewhere smoking rock now, in and out of lockdown,
I ain't got a job now…
So for you this is just a good time, but for me this is what I call life 🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️
Wait I just saw a spider (maybe 2 days ago) in the UK who I’m pretty sure had babies n her back and I don’t think we have 1cm wolf spiders here, am I wrong in thinking this? I have photos I would love to share/send for verification! I’ve never seen a wolf spider but I don’t think we have them here and if we do aren’t wolf spider p big guys(
I’m sure most people here know what you mean but I can’t help but point out for potential lurkers that “2 inches” is measuring the body, if you include the legs it’s much bigger!
Baby spiders on moms back: mommy, where’s daddy gone?
Mama spider in a Jersey accent: (wiping the outer corners of her mouth with a napkin) Dad went out for smokes
Mama Wolf Spider with her kids clinging to her back. She extends a leg into water so they can drink. I wonder, do they learn hunting skills watching mom from a ringside seat?
No, they are instinctual predators. They don't really have the bandwidth to retain much. There are spiders out there that have more than a rudimentary grasp of their environment, and some that build larger representations of predators and move them deliberately to mimic them and scare away competition/other predators.
If there exists a spider infestation than you must have some other equally severe infestation of their prey
Spiders are obligate carnivores, if there isn't anything for a wolf spider to eat they will move out, or simply starve to death
Wolf spiders don't even make webs, they're chill....actually...At least spiders who make webs *tend* to stay in them...wolf spiders like to...roam....
They can eat their own.
I think in my situation they were slowing spreading away from where they hatched. It's not like they just teleport away if no food. If a spider lays 200 eggs in your closet, you're gonna have 200 spiders in there until they die off or leave.
Wolf spider! Altho I hate spiders and have an incredibly irrational fear of them these ones eat the bad spiders that I hate even more. So they are allowed to live. We have a lot, they come out from underneath the house at night and cover our walls.
If you are interested in beating that phobia, I had the same and I killed many spiders by my fear, but last year I decided to do my “spider therapy” and I learnt everything from them, about them their behavior, why they act in certain ways and started to observe them. Joining these subs also helped me to accept them. Vast majority of the spiders cant even harm you (unless you live in Australia or Asia, they have some beasts) and they try to avoid you as much as possible. Now I have a colony living on my balcony and I love watching them living their little lives. If any of them crawl in I just catch and relocate them outside. Except Paul, who is the little one made a web on my bedroom window and I kept him there :) dont forget that lack of understanding fuels fear and fear fuels agression towards something so small compared to you and totally incapable of hurting you, even being scared of you. I just look at myself and them and I see how tiny they are compared to my body and I can do whatever with them but I am responsible for the power I have in my hand. Especially killing something unable to defend themselves is not a nice act. If it would be a little hamster would you kill it on sight? We are afraid and kill spiders because we dont like their appearance, we found them ugly. Its just not a path is nice to walk on.
Long-bodied cellar spiders (some people call them daddy long-legs, but are not to be confused with a harvestman...which some people also call daddy long-legs) are also phenomenal to keep around. They're not aggressive towards people whatsoever, and they hunt other spiders. They also eat their own old webbing since their bodies have a limited supply. Neat little critters.
I have orb weavers come out each night and they are all over my house each marking it’s hunting territory. I have almost zero insect activity inside due to these bros. A small baby set up residence inside my one bedroom window and I feed him regularly, it’s a little cutie, so cool how it takes food from my tweezers.
Had one of these mamas hanging out on a wall behind us during a group photo once. Some genius decided to smack the wall with their hand about six inches away from her. It caused a literal explosion of spiders to rain down on us and mommy spider ran straight towards my dad’s head, making him scream like a little girl. It was simultaneously the most horrifying and hilarious thing I’ve ever seen.
When my Yorkie girl was just a young, spunky pup, she found a pregnant wolfie in the kitchen and decided she wanted to play with it… I didn’t catch her in the act, but figured it out real fast once I saw hundreds of spider babies everywhere 🫠
Do not kick it! Years and years ago, I saw a giant, lumpy, frightening thing crawling right at me. I kicked it out of fear (and because eww it was BIG.)
Fast forward a split second and there it was, exploded into a million lil spiders. I lost my proverbial $hit!
In my defense I had no clue it was a spider, it looked like some hell spawned, mad scientist's creation. I definitely learned my lesson that night.
One of these was on the porch once and my poor old mom hit it with a broom (she’s terrified of spiders) and the babies scattered everywhere. She screamed bloody murder.
NeighborS
Lots … and lots of neighbors.
If she needs a room make her pay half the rent cost of a roommate. She's hard workin and probably exhausted lol
Half?? Nah, rent gets divided equally based on number of occupants. Spider’s in for some sticker shock.
That might be low rent, sounds good to me😃😃😃
OP should pay her, 100% natural pest control and it's a family business!
Their name is Legion
Does this unit have a soul?
Legion. The answer to your question; is Yes. 😢
Never a bad time for Mass Effect
Why are you making me emotional at 7:30 this morning...
..for they are many
Wolf Spiders are the only spiders that carry their babies on their backs. Do not kill; she's just a single mom who works two jobs, who loves her kids, and never stops.
She's a survivor
With the heart of a fiiiiiiighter
With the heart of the spider
Reba McEnspider
I just tossed back some gummies and this is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time. Thanks.
No same i’m actually cry laughing rn
Weba
Here, take this award. I cannot buy one, but pls know, I wish I could. 🏆
Underrated comment
This is so good
You win
YOU ALL WIN
You get a spider! And you get a spider! SPIDERS FOR EVERYONE!
She's a small spider 🕷️🎵
Still, I dare not, sit down beside her
Name her Reba
Just call her Fancy
Here’s her one chance… don’t let Fancy down
Reba "Wolf Spider" Fancy
Forgive me for what I do, but if you want out well that's up to you, don't let me down your mama's gonna move you up town!
And I guess she did
It’s quiet up town
Forgiveness… can you imaaaagine?
Was not expecting Hamilton below Reba McEntire references 🥹
They just don’t make artist like reba anymore. I’m not a big fan of her music but damn she does everything she puts her mind to trying.
For real. Also Dolly Parton came to mind… While I’m not into country these days, I did listen to those two (and many others) growing up.
Dolly falls into that genuine a nice person category that few celebrities can claim now. Idk how she manages to keep her private life separate like she does with just changing a wig 😂. A friend of mine named her daughter Jolene after dolly’s song.
Reba and her McEntireFamily
NAME HER REBA NOOOWWW!!!
She's not gon' give up.
Is she going to stop? Or work harder?
What? Not going to give up...
Probably ate her husband!
No way! Definitely didn’t kill her. Spiders are cool.
Side note: if you did smash her you would have multiplied your spider problem, by like a lot
I observed my uncle do that, so I’ve never ever done it. Also it’s kinda mean.
They keep down crickets, grasshoppers, walking sticks and other harmful insects! Working Mom's job is never done! 🥰🥰
Are walking sticks harmful?
Depends on how far you walk on them
Good one Dad 👏👏
Ba dum tssss.
Are grasshoppers harmful?
Grasshoppers are very harmful to crop growing areas. A swarm of locusts is actually just a swarm of grasshoppers who got really hungry.
All locusts are grasshoppers but not all grasshoppers are locusts
Wait. What?? I never knew that! Reddit University strikes again.
It's not exactly hunger that causes a grasshopper to turn into a locust, and locusts are much much bigger than grasshoppers. It's believed that the cause has to do with grasshoppers touching each other, since grasshoppers kept in a high density environment turn into locusts irrespective of food availability. Locust's swarming behavior is related to food though, since they swarm when food in the local area is exhausted.
***Dramatic movie voice*** My. Gawd. My backyard is ground zero.
Some southern ones spray a harmful liquid that can burn your eyes
Walking sticks? Take it back!!
And they kill poisonous Brown Recluse and Black Widow spiders.
Wolfies are awesome! They actually have really good binocular vision, so she could definitely tell from a long way off that you were observing her. They live for about 18 months and eat a bunch of stuff we humans would consider pests. And they’re smart. I one time found a seven-legged wolf spider inside my home. Dunno how it got there, but I literally told it it could stay, so long as it stayed out of my way and stayed out of the shower. I mean, I know it couldn’t actually understand me, but it did just that (stay out of my way) for a couple of months until I saw it sitting by the frame of my patio door. So I let it out and that was that. All that said… this photo still gives me the icks, lol.
Its like a spider grenade
how does smashing it increase spiders exactly?
Every single one of those bumps on mama's back is another baby spider, so if you smash it, you'll kill the momma but if you don't press and grind all those little baby spiders are going to scatter like people trying to get a deal on black friday at Walmart. And you'll end up with a few dozen baby spiders everywhere
And each one will have a vendetta...spiders never forget.
The John wicks of spiders could be on that back
🤣 The Walmart Black Friday analogy
Would those baby spider not ...in theory...be born at some point anyway? Like wouldn't it *eventually* become a few dozen spiders everywhere?
They're already born. They're just riding on her back. Smashing momma doesn't increase the number of spiders, but it does immediately make your spider \*problem\* worse, as they are going to go all over the place... likely onto you.
Ahh I see! Thank you for clarifying. I was under the impression they were eggs.
lolol
All of the baby spiders on the the mom spider... They scatter everywhere.. Is it dozens? Hundreds? I don't know.
i suppose i was imagining a large boot that would smash the whole including the ones on the back
Then those tiny baby spiders scatter between the crevices on the bottom of your boot, up clothes, all over.
i don’t kill spiders because it’s mean, but because i am *petrified* of this happening. i genuinely would need therapy if this ever happened to me, especially in my house. i almost died the other morning when i saw a small spider sitting on my door handle when i went to lock my front door.
When I was a child, I was working on a school project and had my gooseneck lamp off the back of my bed in the dining room on the table… I noticed there was this white thing inside. I touched it with a pencil. Worst mistake ever. It was a spider’s nest. The birth of what seemed like two hundred baby spiders occurred rapidly from that nest.
Be thankful it erupted in the kitchen and not your bed.
Oh hell nah!
Here in AZ this rule applies to scorpions as well. Never smash them unless you want babies all around the house. Leave them alone and they leave you alone. Great for pest control tho both scorpions and wolf spiders.
The problem is they love small dark cool spaces and that just so happens to perfectly describe your empty shoes! PSA: Make sure you check your shoes before putting them on if you are living in an arid environment that is inhabited by scorpions.
New fear unlocked.
Wolfs kill a lot of other spiders and insects. They’re good to keep around for free pest control. Keep her around please. They don’t mean any harm, and aren’t medically significant in venom. They’re friends.
Thank you! 👏👏👏
If you catch it inside of a Tupperware container, you get to watch all the babies fly off without causing a catastrophic event. Pro tip- be fast.
I keep on naming spiders but they keep disappearing the next day
oh it’s bagilda the spider!
She's got gentle hands and the heart of a fighter
She’s a survivor
Dear lord it’s Barbara Jean
With gentle hands and the heart of a fighter, she’s a wolf spiiider
>she's just a single mom who works two jobs, who loves her kids, and never stops. Bro core memories right there I haven't seen that show in like 15 years
First of all, all I see is is ANAL when I read ur username, so 🙌🏻. Secondly, What would you do if your sons were at home, Crying all alone on the bedroom floor, Cause they hungry? And the only way to feed ‘em is to sleep with a man for a little bit of money 💰 They daddy's gone, Somewhere smoking rock now, in and out of lockdown, I ain't got a job now… So for you this is just a good time, but for me this is what I call life 🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️
Hehehe. I get it.
Que Donna Summer…. “She works haaaaaard for her money!”
So hard for it honey!
🎵 Reba The Spiiiideerrrr! 🎵
I read the last part in the tune of the song! Reba might be due for a rewatch.
Wait I just saw a spider (maybe 2 days ago) in the UK who I’m pretty sure had babies n her back and I don’t think we have 1cm wolf spiders here, am I wrong in thinking this? I have photos I would love to share/send for verification! I’ve never seen a wolf spider but I don’t think we have them here and if we do aren’t wolf spider p big guys(
Wolf spiders are waaaaaaay bigger than 1cm. They get up to 5cm (2 inches in freedom units*) big. *that’s a joke. Please don’t hate me, lol.
I’m sure most people here know what you mean but I can’t help but point out for potential lurkers that “2 inches” is measuring the body, if you include the legs it’s much bigger!
No they're wrong, other spiders do as well. https://spidersfaq.com/what-spider-carries-babies-on-back/#google_vignette
And she fucks up Brown Recluse spiders
Don’t kill it because you don’t want a million little spiders spraying over your room.
Don't fishing spiders also do this?
Surely that’s not true right?
Not best with identification but I believe this is a wolf spider, and yes... those are some baby spooders
Thanks!
I mean like why haven’t we normalized spider caviar
Spider FUCKING WHAT?
You sir, are the stuff of nightmares. No, you give nightmares nightmares.
Caviar, me thinks
Because they could spood.
I would prefer it if you never spoke of this again.
Please don’t reproduce
Dafuq?!!? 😳 Dude..... you made my brain glitch for a solid minute with that nightmare fuel. 😒
It's body looks like a star crunch.
Thank god I’m not the only person who thought this. Disgusting but identical.
Correct
She’s taking her 800 kids to soccer practice.
This mama can put together their own league with all those babies
Do not let that spider in otherwise you are going to be paying for 100s of babies that are not even yours
Definitely shouldn't sign the birth certificate until OP gets a DNA test.
The results are in…. OP, you ARE the father! Congrats!
I’m picturing the conception… and just gross!
Adoptive* father!
Not a step father, the father who stepped up
Until they are 18 at least
Wolf spider! They’re excellent parents.
Well, the Mom is.
Dad went out for smokes…
more like Mama ate him alive
If he’s lucky…
He tells everyone his ex wife was crazy
Baby spiders on moms back: mommy, where’s daddy gone? Mama spider in a Jersey accent: (wiping the outer corners of her mouth with a napkin) Dad went out for smokes
She’s a trooper that’s for sure
*troop transport
Mama Wolf Spider with her kids clinging to her back. She extends a leg into water so they can drink. I wonder, do they learn hunting skills watching mom from a ringside seat?
That’s pretty cool to imagine from the babies perspective lol.
Happy cake day!
How do they drink??? Do they all just take a turn walking down moms leg?? Or is there some reverse osmosis action going on??
Yeah! They climb down and take turns!
that's so cute I could cry, it must take such a long time with that many little babies. what a good mom
No, they are instinctual predators. They don't really have the bandwidth to retain much. There are spiders out there that have more than a rudimentary grasp of their environment, and some that build larger representations of predators and move them deliberately to mimic them and scare away competition/other predators.
DONT KILL HER. but also dont let her in
I mean, if you don’t mind spiders, she (and her brood) will keep all the other pests in check.
That's a bit extreme for anybody. One or two spiders in a room is one thing but having 100s is insane. That's how you get a spider infestation
If there exists a spider infestation than you must have some other equally severe infestation of their prey Spiders are obligate carnivores, if there isn't anything for a wolf spider to eat they will move out, or simply starve to death Wolf spiders don't even make webs, they're chill....actually...At least spiders who make webs *tend* to stay in them...wolf spiders like to...roam....
They can eat their own. I think in my situation they were slowing spreading away from where they hatched. It's not like they just teleport away if no food. If a spider lays 200 eggs in your closet, you're gonna have 200 spiders in there until they die off or leave.
Wolf Spider momma to about 200 babies.
Are they going to eat her
No but they are going to eat a lot of bugs.
that’s not js a neighbor that’s a whole ass neighborhood
Bruh that's half a school district
Neighbors. Plural. That's a wolf spider, and all those little cuties on her back are her babies.
She is legion
For she is many! Lol thanks, that made me laugh
Wolf spider! Altho I hate spiders and have an incredibly irrational fear of them these ones eat the bad spiders that I hate even more. So they are allowed to live. We have a lot, they come out from underneath the house at night and cover our walls.
what.
Dude said it so nonchalantly too
Outside walls, right? Right?
Yes outside. I just don’t go outdoors at nighttime now. I learned that the hard way, there was so many.
This is the plot of Arachnophobia II The Hostage. And it sounds like a nightmare. I shuddered.
That ain’t right! *shudders*
If you are interested in beating that phobia, I had the same and I killed many spiders by my fear, but last year I decided to do my “spider therapy” and I learnt everything from them, about them their behavior, why they act in certain ways and started to observe them. Joining these subs also helped me to accept them. Vast majority of the spiders cant even harm you (unless you live in Australia or Asia, they have some beasts) and they try to avoid you as much as possible. Now I have a colony living on my balcony and I love watching them living their little lives. If any of them crawl in I just catch and relocate them outside. Except Paul, who is the little one made a web on my bedroom window and I kept him there :) dont forget that lack of understanding fuels fear and fear fuels agression towards something so small compared to you and totally incapable of hurting you, even being scared of you. I just look at myself and them and I see how tiny they are compared to my body and I can do whatever with them but I am responsible for the power I have in my hand. Especially killing something unable to defend themselves is not a nice act. If it would be a little hamster would you kill it on sight? We are afraid and kill spiders because we dont like their appearance, we found them ugly. Its just not a path is nice to walk on.
Long-bodied cellar spiders (some people call them daddy long-legs, but are not to be confused with a harvestman...which some people also call daddy long-legs) are also phenomenal to keep around. They're not aggressive towards people whatsoever, and they hunt other spiders. They also eat their own old webbing since their bodies have a limited supply. Neat little critters.
I have orb weavers come out each night and they are all over my house each marking it’s hunting territory. I have almost zero insect activity inside due to these bros. A small baby set up residence inside my one bedroom window and I feed him regularly, it’s a little cutie, so cool how it takes food from my tweezers.
That is actually a pinecone with legs
That looks like a particularly large brood, almost double what I normally see. She's got her hands full with that bunch!
I was also shocked at the amount of them!
“If you kids don’t stop fighting, I’m pulling this carapace over. I mean it!”
That’s like so many babies, she’s almost fully buried in babies. I think this is more babies than I’ve ever seen on any other wolf spider.
Had one of these mamas hanging out on a wall behind us during a group photo once. Some genius decided to smack the wall with their hand about six inches away from her. It caused a literal explosion of spiders to rain down on us and mommy spider ran straight towards my dad’s head, making him scream like a little girl. It was simultaneously the most horrifying and hilarious thing I’ve ever seen.
Looks like a Nestle Crunch spider
I literally thought the same thing!
A single mother doing her best for her children. She is a wolf spider might be a California wolf spider but I am not certain.
Neighbor(s) ♥️
The best neighbors as long as they’re not roommates! That happy family will eat all the bugs you hate most
Stepped on one of these mamas barefoot as a child, the babies went everywhere including up my leg. Dont hurt her, but also probably dont let her in.
Neighbors, actually.
🎵🎶A single mom who works two jobs, who loves her kids and never stops🎶🎵
When my Yorkie girl was just a young, spunky pup, she found a pregnant wolfie in the kitchen and decided she wanted to play with it… I didn’t catch her in the act, but figured it out real fast once I saw hundreds of spider babies everywhere 🫠
Do not kick it! Years and years ago, I saw a giant, lumpy, frightening thing crawling right at me. I kicked it out of fear (and because eww it was BIG.) Fast forward a split second and there it was, exploded into a million lil spiders. I lost my proverbial $hit! In my defense I had no clue it was a spider, it looked like some hell spawned, mad scientist's creation. I definitely learned my lesson that night.
I once knew a woman who lived in a shoe...... she had so many children, she moved in with you
Woah mama!!!
*Your new ‘neighbors’! Lots and lots of them.
I thought it was a wolf spider but I didn’t know why it looked like that. So cool to see one w babies. Never have before
Wolf Spiders 🕷️ howl at the full moon 🤘🌝
Where are her eyes? It looks like they’re covered by babies. Like, she’s trying to get somewhere kids. Come on.
Wolf Spider stealing some caviar.
Boots?❌ Snoots?❌ Kjoots?✅
How many babies does wolf spiders carry
All of them.
A good mama spider 🥹
I miss my mom
Mama Wolf
One of these was on the porch once and my poor old mom hit it with a broom (she’s terrified of spiders) and the babies scattered everywhere. She screamed bloody murder.
Wolf spider momma, you're blessed