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ChrisNCT
04-19-2006, 05:32 PM
I found this guy or what I believe to be a guy due to the pedipalps being they way they are.

I believe it is a Lycosidae sp. (Wolf Spider). I am in Connecticut, USA have seen some funnelwebs and other types of wolf spider but this is the first time I found one like this.

It was looking pretty thin so I brought it home to take some pics and get him to eat a cricket. Tomorrow I will be releasing him back at work with a full stomach to find a mate.

http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/2622/img00258qm.jpg
http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/8453/img00023ce.jpg
http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/9489/img00189vx.jpg
http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/2589/img00203rg.jpg
http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/5197/img00384xu.jpg
lychas
04-19-2006, 08:37 PM
that sure is a wolfie, and you dont get funnelwebs in america so it would be a trapdoor sp you get round your place.

John
David_F
04-20-2006, 06:35 AM
Cool pics, Chris. He'll sure appreciate the cricket. :)

...you dont get funnelwebs in america...
Spiders of the genus Agelenopsis (maybe some others from the family Agelenidae but I'm not familiar with them) are called funnelweb spiders around here. It's just a common name describing the type of web they build. But you're right that we don't get Atrax, Hadronyche, etc. here in America.
Scolopendra55
04-21-2006, 10:14 PM
Not sure on the species but it sure does look great!!
stubby8th
04-21-2006, 11:22 PM
Chris -
You are the master, sir! Great shots (as usual!)
My lawn is FULL of wolf spiders this spring, they look a little different than your little grey ones. Well done!!
Jason Vaughn
04-22-2006, 12:47 AM
:D :D cool, nice spider you got there!!!:D :D :D
Galapoheros
04-22-2006, 08:58 PM
Pretty cool! It DOES look a little thin. Bet it made good use of that cricket. I got bit by a spider that looked very similar to that one here in Tx.
DavidBeard
04-22-2006, 11:37 PM
Awesome pics Chris! Thats a handsome Wolf Spider.
Natco
04-23-2006, 06:39 AM
I got bit by a spider that looked very similar to that one here in Tx.

Just out of morbid curiosity; what was the bite like?
jwasted
04-24-2006, 01:55 PM
very nice pics :) They are all over the place here in AL.
syndicate
04-27-2006, 05:54 PM
nice one.pics look sick mang