This morning Retta saw a wolf spider taking a dip in the swimming pool, and Retta, true to form, scooped up the spider with a skimmer net in order to save it from a possible drowning death.
Upon further examination, Retta discovered that this wolf spider was a momma. Indeed, you can see from the photograph above that momma spider has a host of babies perched, papoose style, on her back. I don’t think that I have ever seen this occurance before, or if I have, I did not know what I was witnessing at the time.
This morning Retta saw a wolf spider taking a dip in the swimming pool, and Retta, true to form, scooped up the spider with a skimmer net in order to save it from a possible drowning death.
Upon further examination, Retta discovered that this wolf spider was a momma. Indeed, you can see from the photograph above that momma spider has a host of babies perched, papoose style, on her back. I don’t think that I have ever seen this occurance before, or if I have, I did not know what I was witnessing at the time.
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