Rustic wolf spider with egg sack

A rustic wolf spider with egg sack. They defend these egg sacks with their life, yet their parental behavior is purely based on instinct. If they lose their sack, they will use a replacement (for example a piece of paper).

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Identification based on this reference photo:

http://ednieuw.home.xs4all.nl/Spiders/Lycosidae/Trochosa_ruricola_F3313.jpg Posted 12 years ago

Ludo Sak

Lion

And I Quote: "Wow, this is breathing spider!" Great shot of Shelob! Posted 12 years ago

Ludo Sak

Lion

What was your post processing of this one? Looks like classic film this one, wow. Posted 12 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks for the compliments, Ludo. For post processing this one I used Color Effec Pro, filter "cross processing". That filter has about 20 tones to chose from, don't remember which one I selected :) In this case the filter did not make the photo that much different, it's only slightly more blue/grey than the original. Posted 12 years ago

Ludo Sak

Lion

Hey, look at the video and how they carry their offspring in a later stage of pregnancy. Never saw that before. Posted 12 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  I first saw that about a week ago, and was amazed as well. Actually, Joost showed me:
  
  Posted 12 years ago

The Rustic wolf spider

"Trochosa ruricola" is a wolf spider whose common name is Rustic wolf spider. The females are 15 millimeters but can reach 25 millimeters, and the males are 10 millimeters. Both sexes are dark brown and has a pale band that runs down to the carapace and continues to the abdomen. Their habitat is in grassland, woodland, scrub, and lawns that are in Asia, Europe, and North America. The spider hunts on the ground and often gets caught in pitfall traps.

Females carry an egg sac around on.. more

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Similar species: Spiders

Species identified by Ferdy Christant