Found this big chonker in the garden, about 4-5cm big, never seen anything like it here before. Any ideas what it could be? : ) Thanks in advance!

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    2 months ago

    I’m not sure what kind of spider it is but it appears to be carrying around a bunch of eggs on its back

    Maybe a wolf spider?

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      2 months ago

      Oh! I thought it might be eggs on the back that make it look so bumpy

      and I just looked up wolf spiders, turns out their numbers have recently increased around here, so it might very well be one! Just thought the legs seemed a little too thin compared to the images I saw online

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    2 months ago

    Judging by all those babies on her back, that’s probably a wolf spider just trying to make it as a single mom. They are harmless in case you didn’t know.

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      2 months ago

      awesome! Just found that the Zoropsis spinimana seem to have increased in numbers a lot here recently, and as I understand it they are some type of wolf spiders? So I think it might be one of those. Really cool to know, thanks!