Today I caught some type of wolf spider and I want to keep it for awhile. So I'm wondering how I should setup its home/substrate and does this spider generally eat anything it can get its fangs on?
hey, i caught a wolf spider about a month back. I used regular dirt from the yard and i also put a piece of tree bark in for a hide an a small plastic cap with water. Ive been feeding mine "tent" caterpillars i found in a tree just hatching out along with some large flies ive swatted down with a fly swatter. Goodluck with your wolf. L8erz
I've kept a couple of wolf spiders myself! I like getting the ones w/ the egg sacs and watching them hatch
They require just dirt, somewhere to hide, and some water. Just like this thread has said! They are fun to watch, and easy to keep! Wolf spiders, and Jumpers are my favorites!
I'm also keeping a wolf spider, and I have some soil from the yard and a few decorations inside. She had several babies when I caught her, but they all escaped through the vents in the container. Now it's been 12 days and she has made a burrow (in a great location that I can see through the side) and is making a large ball of webbing. Could this be another egg sac? She has had no contact with any other wolf spider (fed her a few jumpers) in 12 days. I feed mine moths and grasshoppers that my kids catch out of the yard.
Sorry I dont have a pic of it. Its basically all brown, with a tan stripe down the middle and the two front legs are a darker shade of brown, maybe black. I'd say its body length is maybe 3/4" max, but I havent measured. It hasn't eaten yet :? I think I'll add some dirt so maybe it will make a burrow and feel safer? Lastnight it was running from a small pill bug lol.
Theres also a spot I used to go fishing at and I would see wolf spiders alot bigger than the one I have now. I found a molting of one that must have been 1.5" or more body length last summer. Maybe I'll check it out and see if I can find any nice ones.
Well the one I was keeping died somehow :? . Yesterday I found this beauty. Never found one like this before, usually the darker brown ones. It even molted lastnight so its fresh
But it somehow escaped acouple hours ago, what a let down. Enjoy the pic.
My wolfy is now just hanging out in her water cap, egg sack and all! Whats up with that? Anyway I have a few pics to post of her new enclosure and a few of her. The quality is not that great, but I'm having a hard time getting close shots with my cheap equipment
How is yours feeding? Mine doesn't eat anything I try to give it. I caught a bunch of pill bugs and threw them in hoping it would munch on one of them, but no luck. What should I feed it?
Mine LOVES small moths and readily takes grasshoppers (pinhead crickets), small spiders, and anything that moves in her cage. She didn't really get aggressive the first day, but now she's a pig!
I see. I was thinking about catching some moths for it the other night. After I posted that I was BBQ'ing and I found a group of small hairless cateripillers, as soon as I dropped it in, it attacked it. But I'll try moths soon.
speaking of wolf spiders, i just recently aquired another...sounds like the same kind as Sof just plain brown with a stripe and such. The other i have has to be of a different kind because its marking are intense. lwbfl i do like your setups especially with the skull.
I was going to post pics but im running out of space so if you want to check em out http://s29.photobucket.com/albums/c252/ACauseForChaos/ theres the link. I only have one of the wolf spiders up right now, within a day or two ill have the other up...l8er
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