Wolf Spider with babies

A few weeks ago while cleaning the drains in the pool I found this mother Wolf Spider with hundreds of babies on her back.  I tried to gently scoop her from the water but when I did, about half the baby spiders jumped off and went everywhere.  I still managed to get a few photos of her with some of the babies but there were less than half still on her back.

Wolf Spider with babies.

Wolf Spider with babies.

Wolf Spider with babies.

Wolf Spider with babies.

Wolf Spider with babies.

Wolf Spider with babies.

Mother Spider with hundreds of babies

I found this mother spider with egg sacks.  I waited two weeks until the eggs hatched.  Hundreds of babies could be seen around the eggs.  I took these macro photographs with a Canon 5D Mark II and a Canon MP-E 65mm 1x-5x lens.

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