Creepy Creature Turns Out To Be Spider Carrying Babies

  • 4 years ago
A creepy photo that looks like it features a crash-landed alien or monster from the deep that washed ashore is actually just shows a spider that’s carrying her young.

A creepy photo that looks like it features a crash-landed alien or monster from the deep that washed ashore is actually just shows a spider that's carrying her young.
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Megan Seymour/USFWS

The image was shared via Facebook on Monday by the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
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It reports that the dozens of orange dots on the new mom's back are "newly hatched wolf spider babies."
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Megan Seymour/USFWS

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The service also notes, "Wolf spider eggs are wrapped in silk and carried under their mother. Once the eggs hatch, baby spiders hitch a ride on her back, where they stay until they get big."
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