Lycosa by gizmo563
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I found this wonderful burrowing wolf spider and her young one day on a walk and I took quite a few pictures of her. While looking for a bit of information and the scientific name I found out that the chelicerae of Lycosa turn a reddish color when threatened which I was completely oblivious while taking the shots. It’s amazing how much we miss at first glance.
Comments (18)
That's creepy !!! Great shot. Korbib
Wow, very creepy!
I just watched a program on TV that explained the reason the babies crawl up on mom. Seems after they eat all the liquid left in the egg sackk they are still too you to venture out and hunt their own food so the mother sacrifices herself. She beats her underside on the ground, signaling the babies to crawl up. She oozes out her body fluids to feed the young until they can be on their own. Amazing! Great shot here.
Great capture!! Creepy but great!!
Great find! Nice shot.
A very unusual capture, excellent!
Great, great capture... I adore!
Excellent shot, I don't find it creepy at all, the red really makes this a unique shot, good focus and lighting, too bad you had her upset but no harm done and it made for a beautiful shot!
That's a fanatastic photo! She's an amazing critter, and I love the babies all clustered around the burrow. Nice job!
Absolutely wonderful shot! Stunning work! :^)
Remarkable find & capture. Mom is so clear, and pissed with you!lol
Fine shot of these facinating creatures.
She's looking at you kid ! Way to go !
Gives me the creeps but what a great shot (shivers up the back lol)
Oh my God its got babies! double eeewwwwwwww but a truely awesome shot
a really good photo looks very creepy
Reminds me of Half Life.. cool shot. Not many people to spot such a.. lair would choose to take a closer look, let alone start taking photos.
Very well done! Thanks for the added info..turns red? I had no clue.