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Figarosmom

(13,353 posts) Sat Sep 13, 2025, 04:06 PM Sep 2025

Wolf spider

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

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Wolf spider (Original Post) Figarosmom Sep 2025 OP

Holy crap he's fast 😳 TommieMommy Sep 2025 #1

his expression is hilarious Skittles Sep 2025 #5

They mate for life and hunt their prey. No webs. 58Sunliner Sep 2025 #2

Damn never saw anything that fast. I will probably have nightmares about that. doc03 Sep 2025 #3

aren't wolf spiders brown? Skittles Sep 2025 #4

A commenter from the sanctuary says it looks like that due to the flashlights they were using. sl8 Sep 2025 #6

AHHHHH OK Skittles Sep 2025 #7

TommieMommy

(3,075 posts)

1. Holy crap he's fast 😳

Reply to Figarosmom (Original post)

Sat Sep 13, 2025, 04:56 PM

Sep 2025

Skittles

(172,854 posts)

5. his expression is hilarious

Reply to TommieMommy (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 13, 2025, 08:16 PM

Sep 2025

he be like, "What the fook?!"

58Sunliner

(6,411 posts)

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

Reply to Figarosmom (Original post)

Sat Sep 13, 2025, 06:24 PM

Sep 2025

Lot of personality.

doc03

(39,179 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

Sep 2025

Skittles

(172,854 posts)

4. aren't wolf spiders brown?

Reply to Figarosmom (Original post)

Sat Sep 13, 2025, 08:12 PM

Sep 2025

is that dude blue?

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

sl8

(17,147 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

Sep 2025

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

(172,854 posts)

7. AHHHHH OK

Reply to sl8 (Reply #6)

Sat Sep 13, 2025, 09:01 PM

Sep 2025

he's still quite a spectacular specimen - yes INDEED

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