I stepped on a spider, well it was dark and when I looked down to make sure that I didn’t have it still on my shoe, I noticed that it wasn’t on my shoe but there was a lot of fuzziness on my shoe. So I turned on the light and looked, there were thousands of baby spiders on my shoe and I looked down at the dead spider and thousands of baby spiders were walking away from the mothers body. She was carrying her babies on her back or stomach. So my question is what kind of spider does that? I wasn't able to tell what it was because she was squished. Mind you I live in west central Illinois..Thanks
Sorry if this isn't in the right category, not sure where to put it.
2006-10-06 10:20:09 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
The wolf spider's young (spider-lings) crawl on the mother for protection.The one's I've seen in Missouri are not hairy though.They must have been newly hatched and she was looking for a place to let them go. I just watched an egg sac hatch out about 3 weeks ago. The mother carries it around in her mouth until it is time for them to hatch out. We kept our female in a Ziploc container with a lid on it, just long enough to watch and then set the whole thing (minus the lid) out in my flower garden. The tiny spider-lings started to make webs right away. You can see pictures of various wolf spiders at below listed site. Missouri and Illinois also have several kinds of fishing spiders. They look hairier and are a minimum of 2".
2006-10-06 10:47:56 · answer #1 · answered by kriend 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends what the mum looked like, all answers with a type of spider unless there CAN"T say because ALL spiders produce around 1000 spiders, if that figur looks wrong then one thousand could of most likly been a garden spider. were they little yellow looking dots?. Alot of spiders carry babies on their back and first defense is for the babies to get to a safe place and they find the safest thing (maybe your foot seemed to be safe), you would of had trouble killing the babies as they are about the size of a full stop ( .) to about the size of a childs little finger nail, this is as babies.
2006-10-07 23:04:14 · answer #2 · answered by spider crazy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a wolf spider.
2006-10-06 10:22:04 · answer #3 · answered by Gallifrey's Gone 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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I stepped on a spider, well it was dark and when I looked down to make sure that I didn’t have it still on my shoe, I noticed that it wasn’t on my shoe but there was a lot of fuzziness on my shoe. So I turned on the light and looked, there were thousands of baby spiders on my shoe and I looked down...
2015-08-15 07:17:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are several spiders that will carry their babies on their bellies or backs. I killed one when I lived in texas and thousands of babies came off her. It would depend on the size and color of the spider but it was most likely just your common house spider, or a wolf spider those can get pretty big.
2006-10-06 10:23:08 · answer #5 · answered by miamac49616 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are lots of spiders that carry their baby's on their back. One is the Wolf spider.
2006-10-06 10:22:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
We have always called them wolf spiders. They carry their children on their back. They don't make webs but live in holes in the ground next to the foundation of the house. They are not dangerous to you. But pretty creepy.
2006-10-06 10:28:26 · answer #7 · answered by bcringler 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lots of spiders do that. I'm from an area near yours. I see those common big ugly fuzzy spiders do that sometimes.
2006-10-06 10:22:27 · answer #8 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
wolf spider
2006-10-06 12:44:39 · answer #9 · answered by hill bill y 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a wolf spider to me. Don't get bit by one. It isn't pleasant.
2006-10-06 10:22:19 · answer #10 · answered by Maggie 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋