What kind of spider is this half dollar sized brown one with a darker brown body and a lighter brown strip down its back?
I found this spider yesterday running across a sidewalk next to a canal,
it was bigger than a quarter and I think it was carrying an egg sack.
Does anybody know what kind of spider this is?
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Definitely a wolf spider (i.e., family Lycosidae). Possibly Hogna frondicola or some closely related species.
Source: Spiderid.com
The white ball is an egg sac. From Wikipedia:
wolf spiders carry their egg sacs by attaching them to their spinnerets.
You can see similar pictures to your of wolf spiders carrying egg sacs here and here.
Source: Twitter
Spiderid.com suggests this species has been spotted in Colorado previously:
Hogna frondicola has also been sighted in the following states: Colorado, Maine, Montana.
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