Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 9:57 pm Post subject: Spider ID
Found this spider all webbed up in a flower pot in Bam's Mom's house tonight. It looks like a wolf spider, but I'm not very up on wolves. Anyone know the species and how to take care of it? (I brought it home, only got about a .75" LS, maybe 1")
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it sure looks like it could be a wolf, but when you say webbed up, you mean in a burrow-type of retreat? or was it a sheet web?
I'm inclining to say that a retreat that is a/or more like a burrow is more likely for a wolf, sheet web... err would be the first one I've known about.
Care-wise, I would say it can definitely take the cold since it was up ~3300 ft. How humid is i up there? How hot does it get in the summer time?
Wolfs are known to eat their fill and can prey on food larger than themselves, I would think that a specimen measuring ~.75" would be able to eat mid-size crickets without a problem.
I would still like to hear other people's opinions, but that is my own _________________ God does not play at dice AE
A website I found had it listed under Grass Spiders. I'm not sure if thats a form of wolf or if its something else completely. It's made an elevated sheet-like web in its new container. _________________ "Paranoia driving me insane; Paranoia ripping through my brain; Paranoia making me believe; Paranoia, that somebody's after me!"
i found a few mature males so it is at least some of the species breeding season right now
these are generally quite easy to keep. keep them as a semi-dry semi-arboreal tarantula
if you give them the right set up they will make a big funnel leading to their burrow to maximize the chance of this happening you need to have a hole in the sub or a rock with a bit of space underneath it... then in front of the hole or rock you need to have some sticks or something sticking into the sub
i do not think they dig much on their on, so you have to pre everything
even if you don't set up for the funnel they will sheet web pretty prodigiously
There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
yeah, sheet-web should definitely be Agelenidae. Cool guys though, they can make some awesome funnel-sheet type webs .
The first pick looks more like a Palm Springs-wolf I received early in the year.
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I have similar-looking spiders all over the yard and indoors at my place. I posted some pictures of one on AB a while back and it was ID'd only as far as the Agelenidae family, most likely Hololena sp.
Looks like the little spider I rescued from the bathtub this morning. :-) _________________ "Tarantulas are friends, not food" (but I bet they taste pretty good with butter and lemon!)
they are one of the most prevalent spiders in SoCA, ime _________________
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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
it had a funnel shaped web, and it was indoors in a potted plant ( i thought that to be odd for both wolf and grass spiders O_o) _________________
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Not too long ago i did learn of a certain Genus of Lycosids that builds funnel shaped webs. The Genus is called Hippasa. Seems like there is 4 known species of Funnel web Wolfs in Florida. I'm guessing it's totally possible there might be other species in other states.
I'm not saying the spider Rosenkrieger found is necessarily from that Genus but it's still a possibility.
I guess the best way to find out whether the spider Rosen found is a Lycosid or an Agelenid would be from the eye arrangement. All Lycosids have the same eye pattern. 4-2-2.
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Krawll, I'll definitely check the eye arrangement. The spiders container has a magnifying lid and the spider hangs out right under it, so it shouldn't be too hard. :p
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to maximize the chance of this happening you need to have a hole in the sub or a rock with a bit of space underneath it... then in front of the hole or rock you need to have some sticks or something sticking into the sub
I also want to say i've learned alot from you people on this forum and i'm glad to see it's still as active as it used to be 
