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Update:

Updated 2 June 2020 - New blog post - A walk down Briton Ferry Canal

Saturday 13 June 2020

There is a wolf in my garden!


Lockdown Garden Wildlife - Day 82

Date:  13 June 2020
Location:  Garden, Neath, South Wales
Weather:  Quite warm but cloudy

Who would have thought there were wolves in my garden? Well the Wolf Spider! There are lots of them out at the moment basking in the sun and most of them are carrying egg sacs. They are agile hunters with excellent eyesight and mostly live in solitude and hunt alone. 

Wolf spiders carrying their egg sacks

Wolf spiders are unique in the way they carry their eggs in a sac at the end of their abdomen. Once the spiderlings emerge they clamber up their mother's leg and crowd together on her. They are carried around for several weeks before they are large enough to disperse and fend for themselves. No other spiders are currently know to carry their young on their backs.

(Above and below) Wolf spider with spiderlings


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