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Great photos of a well-camouflaged little neighbor! Keep up the good work naturegirl37.

What a great find and set of photos. We all think that they're absolutely adorable!

Thanks, Mandy, for the comment. It was such a perfect classroom event (since I was teaching about Project NOAH as it happened) that the kids accused me of staging it! It does appear to be a female wolf spider and I was able to show your comment & help id'ing the species to the kids the following class - so I must've staged that too! Perfect:)

Often referred to commonly around here as the Bess bug or Bess beetle. Awesome insect and very nice to handle - often found in & under wood chips in playgrounds at schools, hint, hint.

These are some GREAT photos! Nice job with the photography - I still struggle to get good shots at the time of the spotting. Thanks

What a great photo - and several suggestions to ID the species - yay!

I saw one of these a last year in Northern Fla. Very cool pictures.

This bird and these photos are so wrong but are also so right for teaching kids that those silly bags cause real harm to beautiful things - thanks from all of us - teachers and students!

Thanks auntnance123 very much for the species ID and the awesome link!