spider question
Frank Mantlik
mantlik at sbcglobal.net
Sun Jul 6 07:50:40 EDT 2008
Diane,
I'm not sure, but it might have been a wolf spider
carrying it's brood of young on it's back, and thus
making it look much bigger than it really is. Years
ago, I saw a large brown spider that almost looked
like a small pine cone. Upon being disturbed, all the
young fled off of the mother. A naturalist I was with
told me what we were witnessing.
Frank Mantlik
--- butterflypr at comcast.net wrote:
> I've been looking on-line, and not finding anything,
> so I hope someone out there has a suggestion for me!
>
> Last time I was at Haddam Meadows, I saw a HUGE
> brown spider crossing the road. It was right next
> to my motorcycle, but fortunately moved away from
> it. At the time, the body looked as big as a golf
> ball. In retrospect, it was probably a little
> smaller... though it was clearly visible in the road
> from several feet away. I had the impression that
> there was a pattern on the body involving small
> circles.
>
> Anyone have any idea what it might have been?
>
> Diane
>
>
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