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Figarosmom

(8,607 posts) Sat Sep 13, 2025, 04:06 PM Saturday

Wolf spider

They have 8 eyes and line their hole's with silk

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Wolf spider (Original Post) Figarosmom Saturday OP

Holy crap he's fast 😳 TommieMommy Saturday #1

his expression is hilarious Skittles Saturday #5

They mate for life and hunt their prey. No webs. 58Sunliner Saturday #2

Damn never saw anything that fast. I will probably have nightmares about that. doc03 Saturday #3

aren't wolf spiders brown? Skittles Saturday #4

A commenter from the sanctuary says it looks like that due to the flashlights they were using. sl8 Saturday #6

AHHHHH OK Skittles Saturday #7

TommieMommy

(2,360 posts)

1. Holy crap he's fast 😳

Reply to Figarosmom (Original post)

Sat Sep 13, 2025, 04:56 PM

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Skittles

(167,480 posts)

5. his expression is hilarious

Reply to TommieMommy (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 13, 2025, 08:16 PM

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he be like, "What the fook?!"

58Sunliner

(6,078 posts)

2. They mate for life and hunt their prey. No webs.

Reply to Figarosmom (Original post)

Sat Sep 13, 2025, 06:24 PM

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Lot of personality.

doc03

(38,397 posts)

3. Damn never saw anything that fast. I will probably have nightmares about that.

Reply to Figarosmom (Original post)

Sat Sep 13, 2025, 06:25 PM

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Skittles

(167,480 posts)

4. aren't wolf spiders brown?

Reply to Figarosmom (Original post)

Sat Sep 13, 2025, 08:12 PM

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is that dude blue?

*I looked it up, I should have known it is an Aussie critter

sl8

(16,851 posts)

6. A commenter from the sanctuary says it looks like that due to the flashlights they were using.

Reply to Skittles (Reply #4)

Sat Sep 13, 2025, 08:56 PM

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https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEty3A3Ji3o/?hl=en

Wolf spiders are the best

I'm pretty sure it's a Two-Toned Wolf Spider (Hoggicosa bicolor). Filmed at the @australianwildlifeconservancy's Mt Gibson Wildlife Sanctuary.

Two-toned Wolf Spiders are typically strikingly patterned in cream and black. This individual's ghoulish colouring is actually a reflection from the torches AWC ecologists use for nocturnal survey work.
📹 R Sinclair/AWC

Skittles

(167,480 posts)

7. AHHHHH OK

Reply to sl8 (Reply #6)

Sat Sep 13, 2025, 09:01 PM

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he's still quite a spectacular specimen - yes INDEED

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