July 25 2012

The Wolf Spider

The wolf Spider

Cleaning out an old wood pile in the back of my house in Northampton, I surprised a Wolf Spider. Keeping his eight eyes on me, he backed into a corner clenching his prey, to wait me out.

Paul Shoul

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