Comments & ID Thoughts
I don't know what spider this is, I got home from work and it was dead in the floor biggest spider I have personally ever seen I am curious what it is, and even more curious as to what killed it since I was not home.
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- Submitted: Apr 22, 2024
- Photographed: Apr 22, 2024
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Midwes City, Oklahoma, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
A wolf spider suffering a parasite. That yellow is a larvae of a parasytic wasp. They prey on spiders. Now that the host has done its job, the larvae coumes out.
The spider is likely a Hogna antelucana.