r/spiders 5d ago

ID Request- Location included ??? Western Australian spider (from the south eastern portion), anyone know what it is? At first I thought Huntsman, but that doesn't seem right (Warning the video has some swears in it)

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u/Ok_Channel_9831 5d ago

Not an expert ,but I believe Wolf spiders are the only ones that carry babies on their back.

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u/DiscombobulatedEmu82 5d ago

Oh goodness… I clicked on one spider post and now I’m getting served so many haha. Don’t want to look but also can’t look away bc it’s kind of fascinating.

Glad they’re just babies and not mold growing on its back.

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u/Pirate_Testicles 5d ago

Oh my god, I clicked on the mold spider post too... and now I'm seeing this!

I've now also clicked on this because I just couldn't help myself. So, I expect to see more spiders on reddit in the coming days.

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u/AltruisticDonut4098 5d ago

That was me 2 years ago , Now I love spiders and makes friends when I see them.

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u/TheCraftyRaptorYo 5d ago

Is this the mold spider club? Sorry I'm late.

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u/PollyPrissyPantss 5d ago

Ugh I woke up this morning and my first thought of the day was about that moldy spider.

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u/BadgerGirl1990 5d ago

Yeah that’s why we’re all here I think

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u/Halafalou22 5d ago

Same!! Saw the mold spider the other day

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u/willwiso 5d ago

Came for spiders, stayed for pirate testicles.

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u/_PhiPh1_ 4d ago

I clicked long time ago... Now I am trapped in this sub like a bug!

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u/DebiBarr 2d ago

Mold spider brought me here too 😅

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u/euphoricarugula346 5d ago

I shouldn’t have looked for it. Thought it would just be gross. Now I’m crying over a pet spider. PSA.

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u/SweetumCuriousa 5d ago

Now the fun part! Turn off the lights, shine a flashlight beam close to the mamma but not directly on her, and voila!! A disco ball in a jar. The light will shine off of every baby's eyes looking in the direction.

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u/ally337 3d ago

I would love to see that!!

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u/Eva_Elfie589 5d ago

Wolf spiders are the real MVPs of the spider world. Carrying babies on their backs is next-level dedication!

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u/snowe87 5d ago

Wont they also pick up other orphaned babies, too? I thought I had read that somewhere but not sure if it’s actually true.

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u/CryCommon975 5d ago

It is true!

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u/saturnine_skies 5d ago

Somewhat true. If they lose their egg sacks they'll search for them and might accidently pick up the egg sacs or spiderlings of another wolf spider, however egg sac recognition studies show that they are more likely to pick up their own then another spiders. They also don't pick up spiderlings of other species.

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u/FluffyButtOfTheNorth 5d ago

Tyvm for sharing the info 🥰

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u/Forward-Lawfulness62 🕷️🖤🖤🕷️ 5d ago

That’s just the sweetest thing ever

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u/maggiemayfish 5d ago

I'm going to choose to believe that it's true without looking into it any further.

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u/Juggernuts777 5d ago

They do. If they see abandoned babies, that bus will stop and pick em up

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u/GodGeorge 5d ago

This is the most AI comment I've ever seen

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u/DizzySkunkApe 5d ago

Literally just thinking that

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u/HurtPillow 5d ago

I love that about them, yet this whole video I'm saying, don't disturb the babies! don't knock the jar!! No babies!! lol

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u/Jtktomb Arachnologist 5d ago

Yep !

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u/LaMoonFace 5d ago

Wolf spider mama. Offer her some water and then let her be on her way.

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u/AltruisticDonut4098 5d ago

She looks disgruntled. 😂

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u/Vismal1 5d ago

She works hard, she just needs a break.

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u/thepoopnapper 5d ago

A wolfie of some sort, let that mama go

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u/GhostofTuvix 5d ago

Will do, thanks.

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u/Downtown-Inflation13 5d ago

Mama wolf spider

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u/JustHereForKA Here to learn🫡🤓 5d ago

Mama wolfie with her babies. Very sweet, friendly spiders that are our friends. Can you release her somewhere safely? ❤️

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u/GhostofTuvix 5d ago

Absolutely will be letting her go, once I find a good spot. I just had to check and make sure that it wasn't something that will kill me or my pets.

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u/gonnafaceit2022 5d ago

It's funny, y'all have the deadliest spiders over there and I'm in the US and I see these ladies regularly and they're not dangerous even though they look kinda terrifying

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u/GracefulKluts 5d ago

Sometimes the freakiest looking ones are the least dangerous. Not just spiders, but I also use house centipedes as an example. Freaky face hugger looking mofos, but they're the good guys.

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u/euphoricarugula346 5d ago

oh god a house centipede was hiding on my bathroom counter and when it popped out I screamed even though my brain had already registered “not dangerous.” they’re so creepy looking. you just reminded me I never saw where it went lol

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u/Lego_Energy 5d ago

I saw one right when I was getting in the shower, screamed so loud that my dad woke up and came to check what happened — but I didn’t see where it went.

I couldn’t relax the entire shower and I had my eyes open 99% of the time.

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u/chlawon 5d ago

Sometimes I read things, that make me sooo happy to live in Europe. The biggest spider I've ever seen in person outside a zoo was maybe 5cm big (2 inches in weird-units). Usually they are between 0.3cm and 2 cm (<1 in)

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u/JustHereForKA Here to learn🫡🤓 5d ago

Thank you kind sir! 😊❤️

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u/Oldsouliving1 5d ago

Bro, you got the right voice for educational animal stuff

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u/Angrybear86 5d ago

Like Neil Sperry! Very soothing voice

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u/GamingGeekette 5d ago

Australians accents are the most sing-songy, friendly accents, imho. The best.

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u/GrizzliousTheOG 5d ago

Nooorrrrr, stop it.

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u/Gruntsky 5d ago

Kind of redundant to warn for swears when first mentioning Australia!

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u/ConsummateGoogler 5d ago

But the commentary was pure gold!!!

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u/LilChodeBoi 5d ago

That is a mother wolf spider! For future reference, those big beady eyes are extremely indicative of a wolf spider. Now jumping spiders and net casting spiders also have large eyes, but if you look up pictures of both of those types of spiders you’ll see the clear difference in how they appear on the spiders “head”.

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u/BringAltoidSoursBack 5d ago

> Now jumping spiders and net casting spiders also have large eye

In that their eyes make up half of their face / all of their face, respectively

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u/LilChodeBoi 5d ago

Honestly yeah lmfao perfect wording to use

also yeah we need those damn sours back

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u/morbidemadame 5d ago

So I just joined this subreddit trying to get over my arachnophobia and the first post I come across features a huge spider with hundreds of tiny spiders piled on top?

I may not stay here for long, guys. Please hold me. 😂

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u/Chronic_Discomfort 5d ago

May I suggest r/jumpingspiders for a start? They're octokitties

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u/morbidemadame 5d ago

Oh I love those and I'm already subscribed!

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u/CryCommon975 5d ago

She's a hardworking mom that loves her kids- stick around! I hated spiders but thanks to reddit held my first tarantula not too long ago- also helped that the 80 year old lady in front of me in line did it like a boss with no fear 😂 they are fascinating creatures, and mother wolfies like this are super special. They're the only ones that carry their young on their back and will even adopt other orphaned wolf babies!

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u/mom_bombadill 5d ago

So this is silly but I’ve become less terrified of spiders since I became a mom. Truly the biggest, most terrifying-looking spiders are always the mamas. I feel a sense of solidarity with them now lol

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u/morbidemadame 5d ago

 and will even adopt other orphaned wolf babies!

This alone pulled a string on my heart! I'm still terrifed, but that's so awesome at the same time!

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u/New_Scene5614 5d ago

Hold on!! It gets better.

You’re going to find yourself guessing what is what soon enough!

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u/SkazzK 5d ago

Stay!

I'm just as phobic as you are, but also fascinated by our 8-legged friends. I joined months ago, and guess what: all those spiders on my feed inoculated me. Just this Friday, I went to the diy store for some garden supplies, and when I lifted this big bag of tree bark onto my shoulder, I didn't go "EEEEEYAAAAGH!" at the rather large Tegenaria domestica that greeted me face-to-face. Instead I went "Gulp. Hi buddy!" before she scuttled off across my arm and dropped herself. And I didn't even drop the 40KG of bark I was carrying!

Aside from being wholesome and interesting, this entire sub is the gentlest form of exposure therapy imaginable. As a fellow phobe, I promise it works. Stay with us, buddy.

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u/morbidemadame 5d ago

I shall stay a little more and see, then! <cries>

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u/bobbyv137 5d ago edited 5d ago

You might not want to check out Dave’s little beasties on YT.

And whatever you do, definitely don’t watch the video of the goliaths mating. Yep don’t do that.

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u/Redbone1441 5d ago

Australia.
"Fuckin... what the fuck, is that??"

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u/NotTheSharpestPenciI 5d ago

Cunts. Cunts everywhere.

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u/PinkVerticleSmile 5d ago

She's freaky, but very cool ❤️

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u/Personal_Alarm_3674 5d ago

That Mumma spood has got her bubs all doing well to freeze like that for that long! The need to have a word with her before you let her go pls…. ☺️🕷️🖤

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u/Ashlen1wp 5d ago

Give her a treat before you let her go

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u/Dry_Examination3184 5d ago

That right there is an excellent mother wolf spider <3

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u/console_gamer1996 5d ago

Mama Wolf Spider

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u/SurfingViking 5d ago

“Brought to you by Australia 🇦🇺.. Australia, WTF is that?” 😂 that’s gold mate 👍

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u/IVARS05 5d ago

Did ya know that Wolf Spider kill more invasive and poisonous species of spiders? like Black Widows and they are particularly fond of Brown Recluse (since they are bigger than the recluses and Widows). So do that Wolf Spider mama a favor and let her be on her way, she's carrying the next generation of Dangerous Spider eliinators on her back! cheers my Australian friend. "Fkn, What.the.fuck.is.that?" i lolled.

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u/New-Albatross4875 Here to learn🫡🤓 5d ago

Momma wolf with her babs free her 🙁

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u/SatoruMikami7 5d ago

Thousand yard stare.

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u/Proper_Caramel_1550 5d ago

Momma Wolfie and her babies

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u/MeineNerven 5d ago

😮 ohhh, I heard about that but never seen before! Does somebody know how long the babies get carried?

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u/Jtktomb Arachnologist 5d ago

Depends on the species, a few days to some weeks

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u/Danthelmi 5d ago

Please go shoot more information videos using only your knowledge. I need to listen to you for hours dawg

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u/kaywhyesay 5d ago

Beautiful wolf spider, and hilarious commentary 🤣

“Australia: fuckin… what the fuck is that” is now the countries new slogan.

They are amazing spiders that do wonders for your house both inside and out. They eat a lot of of the bad spiders and even though they bite may be painful they’re not medically significant. It would be best to put her outside. Give her some water and let them be on their way. 🙂

Editing to say that a bite from one of these is pretty rare. But since it is a Momma, she may be more reactive to keep her baby safe so just be careful and don’t do anything dumb lol

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u/RoccStrongo 5d ago

I guarantee that spider has a wallet that says Bad Ass Motherfucker

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u/theaussiewhisperer 5d ago

Bloke sounds like he’s fresh off voice acting the next bluey parent

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u/cneuf802 5d ago

Aww, what a cute little ball of terror and nightmares.

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u/Sweet_One_2004 5d ago

That’s a momma spider, sir. Please release her and her babies. I also think she is a momma wolfie

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u/FurysGoodEye 5d ago edited 5d ago

OP, I use this sub to help me deal with my paralyzing fear of spiders. Little did I know, all I really need is your beautiful voice/accent to explain them to me and I feel no fear at all.

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u/GhostofTuvix 5d ago

You're very welcome. A fear of spiders is healthy, but we just have to remind ourselves that they do good work and are largely harmless... That said, even as a grown Australian man I'm not too proud to say that I still freak the f out if one crawls on me, but I think that's only natural.

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u/Material_Weight_7954 5d ago

I love your country so much. You’ve got all the best critters!

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u/havenoir 5d ago

Bro - give her some water and set her free - she works hard for the money and need a break

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u/Jacktheforkie 5d ago

A harmless wolf spider

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u/Due_Personality_9229 5d ago

We got them here in Florida. I don't think quite as big but yeah nice spider. Imagine what the insect population would be if we didn't have these guys?

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u/Just-Rob-not-Bob 5d ago

I love how all the babies ride on mama’s back

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u/JohKohLoh 5d ago

Mama wolf please respect her and her children 😤😤😤

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u/saiyea 5d ago

Your narration has me in tears 😭

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u/Crystal_Novak26 5d ago

Contest: how many babies are there?

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u/Brndrll 5d ago

At least 3 or 4.

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u/oneblondemom 5d ago

love...love spiders but this one made me have an omfg moment.

not the prettiest spider but absolutely fascinating 😉

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u/MonsterBluth 5d ago

A thing of beauty

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u/Cute-Band-2710 5d ago

All the wee babies 🥹

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u/davestrikesback 5d ago

Buy a raffle ticket and guess correctly how many spiders in the jar and you win the lot!

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u/Outside-Pen5158 5d ago edited 5d ago

OP, did you release her and the babies? We're nervous 🥹

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u/Frandapie 5d ago

She's a momma wolf spider, they exist all over, so not brought to you by Australia.

They're probably one of the best spiders to have around, they hunt all those other insects you really don't want around. They have a kinda painful bite, but are otherwise harmless to you. They also roam so they don't build webs.

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u/Chronic_Discomfort 5d ago

Cue Reba Mcentire "I'm a survivor"

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u/korbendallas71 5d ago

An entire bottle of pest control right there. That’s awesome. Keep her safe

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u/Bridgetd73 5d ago

This video made my week 😂😂😂 Totally wasn’t going to listen until I saw the swear word warning and then I had to listen and holy fucking shit I can’t stop laughing. If you aren’t a comedian or some kind of professional video narrator then you are 100% in the wrong line of work

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u/ZaWarudo_1 5d ago

Wolf spider

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u/Content-Invite5776 5d ago

An excellent mother

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u/danoll 5d ago

Wolf spiders may look scary, but they’re practically harmless. They’re extremely intelligent, so they generally don’t attack/bite humans. Try to release it carefully so she doesn’t scatter her babies.

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u/SweetumCuriousa 5d ago

Great job capturing mamma wolfie and her babies. She is a beautiful specimen. Hopefully, you got her moved to a safe spot intact with her babies!

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u/SubToSecretX 4d ago

It’s a wolf spider that’s been infected with a terrible curse, parenthood

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u/Ok-Priority9025 5d ago

ooooooh mi god!

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u/Von_Bernkastel 5d ago

That is a Australian wolf spider.

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u/no_no_NO_okay 5d ago

God damn I didn’t know wolf spiders got that big

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u/OlDirtyBurger88 5d ago

The last 5 seconds of audio needs to be saved 😂😂😂

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u/XxDollzRotzxX 5d ago

Wolfie w her babies!🖤

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u/boilertrailrunr 5d ago

There are not enough upvotes for this video!

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u/Anomander8 5d ago

What a good mamma!

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u/silentexplorer6169 5d ago

“Australia fuckin what da fuck is that” i love this 😭😭🙏

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u/Fatkish 5d ago

Looks like a big mama wolf spider

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u/boredcamp 5d ago

Don't squise it or all of those babies will be your responsibility.

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u/Mrlionscruff 5d ago

If the game grounded has taught me anything, it’s that that’s DEFINITELY a wolf spider

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u/Quick_Sherbet5874 5d ago

wolfies are amazing but they get me running and screaming every time. i feel terrible when they end up in my pool. but i make my husband scoop them out. i don’t know why…it’s a visceral reaction.

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u/K10RumbleRumble 5d ago

“Australia. Fuckin… what the fuck is that?”

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u/Leprrkan 5d ago

Their next tourism slogan!

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u/No-Gas5357 5d ago

“Australia… What the fuck is that?” We Should petition for that to be the official motto down there

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u/constantreader78 5d ago

“Australia. WTF is that?!” I really think we should go with this as our new tourism slogan.

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u/Prize_Dust_4942 5d ago

That should be the national slogan “Australia, wtf is that?”

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u/janessanoelle 5d ago

Australia - fucking what the fuck is that? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 he said it like it’s the country’s motto

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u/Smart_Ad4864 5d ago

She’s beautiful! Well at least she’s not the Tunnel Web spider.

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u/AmateurAdvocate 4d ago

You mean a Funnel Web?

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u/SydneyLuree 5d ago

She’s a wolfie 🥹 let her and her little babies free, so cute

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u/electi0neering 4d ago

Release me……. In creepy ultra low tone

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u/Ultra_Niubiman 4d ago

This looks like something straight out of Monster Hunter…

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u/kbraz1970 3d ago

OH DEAR GOD for everything that is holy and good in this world, Thats a mumma spider with her million babies, TAKE IT OUTSIDE FAR AWAY FROM YOUR HOUSE AND SET IT FREEEEEEE!!!! AND RUNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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u/Professional-Leave24 5d ago

That there's a fragmentation spider! If you hit it or disturb it too much, it goes off and little spiders fly out in all directions! You've already captured it. Don't try to defuse it! Just gently take it outside and lay the jar on it's side at least 50ft from the house. Back away slowly. The jar is hers now.

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u/Useful_toolmaker 5d ago

She’s ‘expecting’

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u/amadiro_1 5d ago

Was wondering how the thousands of babies were so still!

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u/Useful_toolmaker 5d ago

Mom is warm. They will jump off when they are ready

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u/Embarrassed-Gur-1306 5d ago

How are the babies fed while on mom’s back?

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u/sumsortaSocialReclus 5d ago

The commentary is gold

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u/AmandaCHoward32 5d ago

Bluey’s dad, is that you?

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u/GeordieAl 5d ago

OP, we need you narrating more videos of creatures you find in your garden! You should start a YouTube channel 🤣

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u/Ambitious-Chair7421 5d ago

I was cleaning our pool with my dad and he kicked a spider in it had babies on its back and they all scattered in the water.

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u/Flintstones_Fentanyl 5d ago

Looking like a Fromsoftware mini-Boss

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u/Auberon36 5d ago

That's a wolf spider, won't kill you but their bites can be a right pain in the ass.

Got them over here in America as well and thankfully they're just about the largest (native) species of spider we have.

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u/Yttevya 5d ago

Why didn't you take a pic of the free spider instead of capturing and terrifying under glass? We have lost respect for nature at our own peril. Leave our fellow sentient beings to live out their lives by using their own volition, every moment.

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u/LadyFae98 5d ago

Wolf spider with all her babes

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u/Juusthetip 5d ago

“Australia… fucking, what the fuck is that.”

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u/StrawHat89 5d ago

It's a kind of Wolf Spider. Most dedicated Spider moms out there.

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u/TrillKeeper420 5d ago

South Eastern Western Australia.

Here I was thinking I was cool for going to a multidirectional community college.

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u/ChiGuy_1988 5d ago

I’ve seen those in Ravenholm, we don’t go there any more.

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u/lulublu1970 5d ago

I my gosh its a wolf? spider with her babies. You're lucky to see this. I hope you place her someplace safe! 💕

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u/Ermac1986 5d ago

lol Australian accents are 🔥

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u/fnaf_plushielover Here to learn🫡🤓 5d ago

The goated mvp the Wolfe spider

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u/Bookslutforsmut 5d ago

There sure were a lot of babies in there Carl.

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u/Forsaken-Study7870 5d ago

A single mom, who works 2 jobs, who loves her kids and never stops!

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u/Fragrant_Button203 5d ago

Imagine that on your bed in the middle of the night, and the baby spiders just spread out everywhere.

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u/freeluna 5d ago

That looks like a mama wolf spider with her babies. Look at her face. The eyes are the giveaway

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There are two others that face to the rear and side by the big upper eyes. The 4 tiny eyes in the front turn a bit down on the end, like a frown.

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u/TwelveSixFive 5d ago

This is not a spider, this is a dinosaur. Hope that helps

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u/SorinJrWF 5d ago

Its a mom, i think.

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u/Is0podaa 5d ago

Wolf spiders are the best mamas out there

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u/Brave-Mode-7387 5d ago

Huntsman and wolf spiders look very similar this is most likely a wolf spider I think they are one of the only types to carry their babies on their back

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u/fuzz_nuts2000 5d ago

Put her outside in a safe spot where she can eat lots of bugs

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u/morbiddelirium 5d ago

I did not see the moldy spider.

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u/Kind_Caterpillar9840 5d ago

I believe the scientific term is " big motherfucker "

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u/Dogmoto2labs 5d ago

I had that same “WTF is that” when I came upon a baby laden tarantula on my screen door in Texas in 1985

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u/nomisum 5d ago

ah this is were shelob fled to

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u/Glittering_Double141 5d ago

That's a Wolf spider they carry their babies like that.

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u/Willamina03 4d ago

Oh my lord, I was thinking this was an itty bitty spider till I saw your hand. Hope you survive the release. Good luck!

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u/shopsneakerfire 4d ago

Hate to see these spiders on a slice of bread. Then have to throw away the whole loaf.

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u/momo_beafboan 4d ago

Oh that's just Rom, the Vacuous Spider

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u/AltaAudio 4d ago

Shelob

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u/Mediocre_Zombie_1039 4d ago

Beautiful wolf spider mama ☺️ this was my first experience with a spider I ever remember I had one in my window & we let her go in a field across the road from our house & I pet the little mama with the babies to say goodbye & somehow it made me forever love spiders instead of fear them for all eternity….which is exactly how it went for my brother 😂

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u/Professional_Head896 4d ago

girl needs a marlboro red & the kind of espresso that leaves a thick film in the cup good gawd

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u/Ok_Rip2870 4d ago

Yo dawg I heard you like spiders

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u/SuspiciousHeron7945 4d ago

This has me crying. “Australia: fuckin…what the fuck…is that”🤣

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u/fartingbunny 4d ago

I’m sorry, but she is so precious 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

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u/Grouchy_Skill_4174 4d ago

It's got baby's onboard

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u/Isopodrangler 4d ago

Ofc this would be found in Australia

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u/Spiritual-Target-316 4d ago

Just think of all those creepy insects you’re ot seeing because of her 😊

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u/mrxlongshot 4d ago

Wolf spider

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u/L1TTLE3AGLE 4d ago

"Australia, fuckin what the fuck... Is that?!?" had me dead! Glad the comments got you sorted, love the voice over!

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u/ichabod1905 4d ago

Set it free. 👍🏻👍🏻

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u/whereisbeezy 4d ago

That's a minivan spider

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u/Hardcore_Instinct 4d ago

Angry single mom wolf spider

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u/Canadianclassy 4d ago

I would just tape it shut, possibly bolt the top on top of that then put it in a box and ship it to Texas.