Family Lycosidae
body length 1 inch
I thought this was a Tarantula when I first saw it on the wall but as I got closer I saw it looked like a Wolf Spider so then
it entered my mind it might be a rubber joke spider. Well, it wasn't. It was a HUGE Wolf Spider the size of which I have
never seen before. I wish I could have taken it home (if it were legal) but I don't know that I would have had the insects
required to feed it. It let me get up close and personal and take pictures--what a docile creature. Probably just ate
something and was too full to move. With its legs out straight it was about 2 1/2 inches long. Any normal person
would have run screaming out of the room. I loved it! Antelope Island. © Carol Davis, 6-23-2009
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