Nice shots, SR. Did a little looking and most of the wolf spiders were lighter than yours. Couple though, were dark. Eye arrangement is right on for wolf spider, so maybe. What size was it?
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The thread of Creepy Crawlies
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Thanks STH, it was about 25m/1 inch in diameter. It was moved to my chilli garden before it was run over by my mower.
SR.
SR.
Great shots SR 
Yeah, definitely a Wolf Spider, not sure which one though ... sheesh, there is well over 100 species of Wolfies in Aus so it's not an easy task to positively identify.
This site is the best reference site for spiders in Aus. :
http://ednieuw.home.xs4all.nl/australian/Thumbnails/Thumbnails.htm
Yeah, definitely a Wolf Spider, not sure which one though ... sheesh, there is well over 100 species of Wolfies in Aus so it's not an easy task to positively identify.
This site is the best reference site for spiders in Aus. :
http://ednieuw.home.xs4all.nl/australian/Thumbnails/Thumbnails.htm
Thanks for posting the site, ND. I've bookmarked it. Love knowing which spidey is which and this is the best site I've seen so far.nuclearDays said:Great shots SR
This site is the best reference site for spiders in Aus. :
http://ednieuw.home.xs4all.nl/australian/Thumbnails/Thumbnails.htm
Another large (rather hungry by the look of things) Wolf spider. That is 90mm wide Merbau decking it is sitting on.
Apologies for the quality of the photo.
SR.
Apologies for the quality of the photo.
SR.
Photo was taken at night, hence the poor quality and shadow from the flash.
Believe it or not, this photo of an obviously different Wolf spider in almost exactly the same spot, was taken 30 minutes later. This was the mother of ALL Wolf spiders and the biggest I have ever seen. I would estimate it to have been around 70-80mm in diameter.
Note the glowing eyes, and legs wrapped around the edge of my deck. I added those later with CGI
SR.
Believe it or not, this photo of an obviously different Wolf spider in almost exactly the same spot, was taken 30 minutes later. This was the mother of ALL Wolf spiders and the biggest I have ever seen. I would estimate it to have been around 70-80mm in diameter.
Note the glowing eyes, and legs wrapped around the edge of my deck. I added those later with CGI
SR.
Much better shot, SR
That Wolfie is freakin' huge!
I can imagine it howling under a full moon
That Wolfie is freakin' huge!
I can imagine it howling under a full moon
About darker wolf spiders, I saw one that was nearly pitch black while my dad was telling me to move the salamanders out of the log pile he was excavating. No pictures because the thing ran between the gravel, but it wasn't much larger than an average, only darker by a lot. Seems to be normal.
Here are the two salamanders I got a picture of, in total there were about 10: http://imgur.com/nqabYSd
Not sure the eastern copper salamander really counts as creepy though. Certainly crawly, and very quick at that.
Here are the two salamanders I got a picture of, in total there were about 10: http://imgur.com/nqabYSd
Not sure the eastern copper salamander really counts as creepy though. Certainly crawly, and very quick at that.
Most likely another Wolf spider, but hard to tell for sure.
Note the trip wires around the entrance of the hole.
SR.
Note the trip wires around the entrance of the hole.
SR.
Most likely.
Got all my older pics up. Oh boy, here it goes.
Land Planarian: http://i.imgur.com/UKxPKJ7.jpg
Tiger Moth: http://i.imgur.com/yjBrqHa.jpg
Bigass Biting Beetle: http://i.imgur.com/1lZihG8.jpg
Damselfly: http://i.imgur.com/1fos7UT.jpg
Caterpillar: http://i.imgur.com/tRFzUQa.jpg
Monarch Caterpillar being brushed because it's soft: http://i.imgur.com/bmi7ZlI.jpg
Mantis eating chicken: http://i.imgur.com/doGPzGR.jpg
Madagascar Hissing Cockroach(the asshole one): http://i.imgur.com/i3KQl35.jpg
Stick Insect sitting on my head(this one's really old pic. I was only four of five): http://i.imgur.com/UPQ0GQt.jpg
Fungus gnats in a patrol ring: http://i.imgur.com/JD9nEmL.jpg
Dobsonfly: http://i.imgur.com/CPLyQGS.jpg
Millipede(N. Americanus): http://i.imgur.com/MBpdlxM.jpg
Millipede(no idea): http://i.imgur.com/bhV4KvS.jpg
Bouncy friggen soil centipede: http://imgur.com/Tchx1Gs
Big, friendly banana slug that ate cereal we dropped by accident: http://i.imgur.com/GioYMYg.jpg
That's all I feel like uploading for today. More to come tomorrow.
Got all my older pics up. Oh boy, here it goes.
Land Planarian: http://i.imgur.com/UKxPKJ7.jpg
Tiger Moth: http://i.imgur.com/yjBrqHa.jpg
Bigass Biting Beetle: http://i.imgur.com/1lZihG8.jpg
Damselfly: http://i.imgur.com/1fos7UT.jpg
Caterpillar: http://i.imgur.com/tRFzUQa.jpg
Monarch Caterpillar being brushed because it's soft: http://i.imgur.com/bmi7ZlI.jpg
Mantis eating chicken: http://i.imgur.com/doGPzGR.jpg
Madagascar Hissing Cockroach(the asshole one): http://i.imgur.com/i3KQl35.jpg
Stick Insect sitting on my head(this one's really old pic. I was only four of five): http://i.imgur.com/UPQ0GQt.jpg
Fungus gnats in a patrol ring: http://i.imgur.com/JD9nEmL.jpg
Dobsonfly: http://i.imgur.com/CPLyQGS.jpg
Millipede(N. Americanus): http://i.imgur.com/MBpdlxM.jpg
Millipede(no idea): http://i.imgur.com/bhV4KvS.jpg
Bouncy friggen soil centipede: http://imgur.com/Tchx1Gs
Big, friendly banana slug that ate cereal we dropped by accident: http://i.imgur.com/GioYMYg.jpg
That's all I feel like uploading for today. More to come tomorrow.
Geonerd said:
Err , no! You are pig-ugly!!!
Nice shot, though
cruzzfish said:
Some great shots in that collection
Love the look on the face of the mantis eating chicken, it just screams "Ohh crap, I'm busted!"
WTH are the fungus gnats doing??? Bizarre!
cruzzfish said:
No. Absolutely not.
cruzzfish said:
Yea. AKA Solifugid. More than you ever wanted to know about them -> http://sydkab.com/tag/solifugid/
Hey, he's cuter than any of the recent spiders featured here.
Until you piss him off. Or he gets a bit hungry (which they always are.)
Then the you get hellfire and damnation!
Jesus. For some reason that picture makes me want to find (and keep nearby at all times) a cinderblock.
Crushing that little piece of nightmare is a task that can't be left to any ordinary rock. A rock might have bumps and crevices on its surface which, when slammed into the ground with all my strength, might afford just enough space for a piece of that... thing... to remain unobliterated.
I'm going to go take a couple of showers, bleach my eyeballs and hope to god that thing didn't lay eggs in my brain.
Crushing that little piece of nightmare is a task that can't be left to any ordinary rock. A rock might have bumps and crevices on its surface which, when slammed into the ground with all my strength, might afford just enough space for a piece of that... thing... to remain unobliterated.
I'm going to go take a couple of showers, bleach my eyeballs and hope to god that thing didn't lay eggs in my brain.
HAVE AT THEE, FOUL CREATURE! BACK TO THE BLACK PIT FROM WHENCE YOU CAME!Geonerd said:
Oh, and Nucleardays, those fungus gnats were making a circle and spreading out so that when one found food they would let the other ones know about where it was.
And the mantis went for the camera right after that. Mantids are the perfect combination of smart, curious, friendly, and batshit insane.
Not sure if this counts but he's welcomed in my garden 
