has anyone kept a wolf spider? pic, too.

A friend of mine recently saved a wolf spider that their roommate was going to kill, and has been keeping it in a kritter keeper. As luck would have it, I found a huge (assumed) female of the same type today when I was overturning logs outside. I have her setup in a container with some undergrowth. I tossed in a superworm to see what would happen, and she grabbed it up instantly. I plan on keeping her, to observe.

Anyone ever keep these? I am pretty fascinated by her, and plan to keep her around.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.n...15852509_n.jpg

I'm waiting to find a nice big one to keep. I've been looking around outside.

Yours is nice! :)

Thanks! Finding it was a reward for bringing in our garbage cans today; lol. There's a bunch of old firewood piled next to them (our landlord is not really a strict house manicurist; lol.) I thought "hm.. I wonder if there are any toads or snakes under there?" And so I did what any other 30+-year-old woman would do: I looked. Some fast centipedes made a hasty retreat (they are fast!!) but when I saw this girl, I had to run inside and grab a deli cup. I almost lost her, but luckily the foundation of the house is secure, and I managed a capture. :) If I was lazy (as I normally am) and waited for the other tenant to bring in the cans, I would not have her.

I gotta stop being lazy and go look harder lol.

Got this one today. I'm betting she is gravid http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/03/y7egave7.jpg

She gave me about 30 babies a few weeks ago.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/03/hepa8a9e.jpg

They are fun to keep. :)
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/03/peny2eme.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/03/ze9unehu.jpg

Oh; pretty!! I love their egg-laying and baby-rearing behavior. They make a neat packet for the eggs, and carry it around until they hatch. Then, the babies latch on for a ride wherever mom goes until fall, when they spin threads of silk that catch the wind and fly away. That'd be interesting to watch! (I'd think that you'd have to do something in fall to allow the babies to fly away.. unless you wanted a bunch of babies; rofl.)

Oh; I just read the part about the babies. Did you keep the eggs separate?

Here is a video of a Wolf Spider laying her eggs and making the sac.
She did this the first night I got her home. 6 part video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl9ul2EpZYQ&sns=em

I just let the mom do her thing.
The last one, I walked into the bug room and started seeing little baby spiders everywhere. :p
I was waiting for them to start leaving the mothers back and missed it.

Awesome!! I wonder if mine will do that.

Her abdomen looks pretty big. She just might be gravid.

Good luck.

Funny, just the other day my boss brought a big dark one in in a jar for me not knowing what it was. I still have it, and its eaten good for me so far, but ill probably end up releasing it. Ive kept widows too that were fun ;)

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The girl I caught yesterday just laid a sac.

Just covered up the eggs with silk.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/04/u4epu8aq.jpg

Here she is rolling it into a ball
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/04/a4a7ygyj.jpg

My phone would turn off every time I tried to film it. :(

those pics are awesome. I am kind of torn about keeping this one, since I am getting some mild grief from the hubby. I told him that he is safer from it, in my container than it was out in the yard, where it could get in and crawl on him! Not sure if he is buying that argument; lmao. I did transfer her to a bigger sealed bin/tote.. MAN is she fast when she wants to be!

I still have her. I had a discussion; I told my husband that, if he truly disliked having her around, I could let her go back outside. He is fine with it. He really does not know much about spiders without me teaching him. He is also really sensitive because of Jeff Hanneman (from the band Slayer) recently dying of an infection that was thought to have been originally caused by a spider bite outside of the US. He knew Jeff personally, and was really distrought about his passing away. I explained that this is not something that will happen in this situation, and cleared up his fears about it.

"Liver complications because of a spider bite"

I'm not hating, but you don't think drugs or alcohol had anything to do with it lol...? A wolf spider bite wouldn't be a big deal at all. It certainly couldn't kill you. It really sucks he died though, one of my favorite bands. :(

I kept tons of wolf spiders when I littler. I loved them, I had some big ones.

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That is why I said that the infection was 'thought' to have been caused by a spider bite. Researching the subject online is futile, because the search outcomes are fraught with speculation and untruths. I certainly personally never blamed a spider bite for the musician's death; the media does, but in all reality, mrsa and other flesh-eating bacteria that can cause necrosis can be contracted by many, many means. At any rate, no matter what caused his death, I was able to reassure my husband that this spider is not something to fear. :)

This is the best article that I have found on the whole thing. Rest in peace, Jeff.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...-hanneman.html