Man terrified after finding ‘sparkling’ spider that turns out to be hundreds of hatching babies

The spider in the video is believed to be a wolf spider. They are known to be extremely maternal creatures and carry their young on their backs and have eight eyes, which would explain the glitter-like effect. Unlike other spiders, wolf spiders do not spin webs.

“One of the most remarkable things about wolf spiders is they are one of the few species of spider that show maternal behaviour, said Gillian Burke, a nature expert on Nature's Strangest Mysteries: Solved on Animal Planet.

She went on to explain that they “carry their eggs in a special silk sacks, and when those eggs hatch out a spiderling, actually climb onto and completely coat the female’s abdomen, and they’ll ride her back like that until they’re old enough to fend for themselves.”