#wolf spiders

A stone spider (Pardosa lapidicina) camouflages amongst lichen in Little River Canyon National Preserve, Alabama, USA

I did not put this rock here. I don't even know where my queen GOT this rock. I think she dug around in the soil until she found it? She's been trying different rocks and keeps trying different ones, unsatisfied. I think I'm going to need to get some different pebbles for her to select from as after seeing her den regularly having the Feng Shei change I read that it is indeed her who has taken up interior decorating. I didn't know spiders could do that!

"I love KFC drumsticks!!!" (The C stands for cricket).

She was using one like a chair at one point. And I read that they use rocks to help block the entrance to give their home better protection. I also read they help them sense movement of prey as they're better able to feel the vibrations through the stones. I didn't know spiders used tools, not counting their own webs and trapdoors. How amazing she just knows how to do this.

"I need furniture. A nice throw rug, maybe some pillows. Make the isopods jealous they don't have my level of feng shui."

Spanish Wolf Spider (Lycosa hispanica)

Very large, very chill wolf spider.

hello my dears... fishing spider floats on waters edge

while i was searching for crabs i saw this beautiful spider by the waters edge hunting for prey. fishing spiders live near water and this was my first time seeing one. they can dive briefly to capture aquatic life like fish or prawns

once they sink their fangs into the capture prey, they pull it back to shore to eat the subdued prey