Wild Spider - ID Help Please

We get a lot of spiders both in and around our apartment. Not too long ago, I was walking out of my front door and spotted this beautiful spider hanging out on the cement. Anyone have a clue as to what kind of spider this is? I've never seen one like this before.

i see that all the time, its a anchleous arachneous brachi.

just kidding i have no idea. but i do see them quite often!

King Cobra Spider!

Either that or a Wolf Spider.

It looks like a wolf spider im not sure exactly which type of wolf spider itt is but i am certian its a wolf spider.

He was pretty big too. I'd love to find out what species. I've thought about keeping tarantulas as pets once I have my own facility (husband refuses to let me have one in the house) but I kind of like spiders like this more.

And thanks for the help with the ID!

Yup, Wolf Spider. I use to feed the wild ones flies when I was younger. They use to run out, grab them and zoom back in their hole.

Dale (aka Grymm) gives all wolf spiders a kind of diplomatic immunity at his house. It doesn't matter how big those suckers are, he will leap off the couch and defend them with his life. We have one that's lived above the front door for six months now.

Pretty general looking wolf spider found everywhere in America..

My guess would be a Carolina Wolf Spider (Lycosa carolinensis).

Liz, I do the same, they eat all the stuff I don't want around. We see tons of them when we are working outside and I make my husband not run over them with riding mower! He hates spiders so its a difficult task

Aren't wolf spiders the ones that carry their live young on their backs?

Yes they are... Step on the wrong one of them and you watch 100's of baby spiders scatter lol

A Carolina Wolf Spider with young'ins.

John! That is a super awesome pic!!!!!

Its a great pic but it is soo creepy

Thanks!

I don't see creepy. I see a magnificent animal. Beautiful in both design and function.

My wife loves those spiders. She calls them "George"

I call them "mongo". I reserve Fred and George for hermit crabs or lizards