wolf spider

[Nikos]

2 photos of a beautiful wolf spider.
Anyone care to ID her?

[Steven]

also from the collecting trip :? ;)
what's her legspan ?

[Nikos]

yes, must be around 6 cm.

[Stardust]

yes, must be around 6 cm.
hmm,do wolf spiders get this big ? :?

[jsloan]

hmm,do wolf spiders get this big [6cm] ? :?

That size and bigger. For example:

http://www.petbugs.com/caresheets/H-carolinensis.html

[Nikos]

She's a female.
She produced an eggsack last night!
Photos of the eggsack will follow.

Anyone knows how long does it take before the youbgs will emerge from the sack?

[WhiteRabbit]

mmmmm Hogna radiata ? :?

[Tarangela]

That is very cool!!

I captured one the other night, and she is now in a critter keeper :) I hope she is gravid, b/c I would like to see her w/ an eggsac :) How long does it take them to hatch??

I have only seen one w/ babies crawling all over her back, and it was so moving :p

It could tear up a person!

[Alex S.]

hmm,do wolf spiders get this big ? :?


There are species in the Canary Islands that can reach 6 inches in legspan. Awesome spiders.

Alex S.

[Roach]

Ok, I don't know a ton about these things or anything, but I've got a bit of experience.

We caught a spider that looks very much like yours. We've had it about six weeks now. We made a nice home for it and all. A week after we caught it, the egg sac popped up. Then it didn't really do anything for a month. Then it hatched out a bunch of kids. We never really got a good count of them all, but there were a lot of them.

After they hatched, she started doing her thing again. Eating, building a home, etc...

But then a week after that, another egg sac popped up....

It may not happen that way all the time, but be prepared for a ton of little ones hanging around.

I may not have answered any/all of your questions, but that's my experience.

Good luck,
Roach

[Roach]

Oh, and ours is about, (not completely sure about the centimeter conversion) but it's around 1 1/8th inches (28.575) head to... well ass. And about 3 3/4 inches (85.725) legspan.

Roach

[alex]

Cool spider.

[Nikos]

couple photos with the eggsack.

@Roach, thanks for the info :)

[Steven]

very nice !!!!! :}