Spider IDs Needed

[Jay_Bunny]

Today at work, we noticed a spider in the small cricket bin. Low and behold we actually find 5 spiders living in the bin, and a looooot of baby spiders crawling around. We got as many baby spiders as we could out and unfortunately we destroyed them. The adult spiders, however, we saved into deli cups to be identified. I brought them all home and I'm hoping to get some kind of ID on all of them. Oh! And we also found 3 egg cases and I saved those as well. I'll try and get pictures of all the spiders to ID, but so far I've been able to get one photo of one of the spiders. Unfortunately, I accidentally snapped off one of her back legs in the process of trying to put her in the cup. I'm calling her a she, but I really have no clue.



Note: I was very careful getting these spiders into their cups, just in case they were venomous.

Another Note: I almost forgot! We are in Richmond, Va but we get our cricket shipments in from Illinois.

Here is the 2nd spider along with 3 full egg cases. The camera doesn't show it well, but 2 of the cases have yellow in the middle (kind of a ball shape) and the other one has individual white eggs that I can see.

[Jay_Bunny]

The last picture is this one. He was really tricky to catch. Really fast!



The 4th spider is the same as the 2nd photo, only smaller. I'm guessing it might be a male?

[bamagecko76]

#2 Looks atlot like some kind of latrodectus but I belive it's defanintly a type of comb footed spider. #3 looks like some kind of wolf, not shure bout #1 though

[Igby]

number 3 looks like a jumping spider...number one looks like a cross orbweaver.

[Jay_Bunny]

Any other guesses on what they are?

[Jay_Bunny]

I saw a small moth flying down my staircase and so I clapped my hands on it to kill it. I only managed to stun the poor moth, so I took it by the wing and put it in the cup with spider #3 (the wolf spider?) and at first he didn't know what to make of it, and scooted away from it. Then it came in front of him and BAM! He latched onto it and is now sitting on top (I'm guessing he's preparing to eat it). That was soooo amazing!

Would it be possible to keep these as pets? (shhh, don't tell my husband I asked that question) I'm just worried about putting them outside as it snowed this morning and it is really cold outside. I took these guys from their warm indoor home and other than keeping them, I have to put them outside into the snow. Will they live with temperatures dropping to below 20 degrees outside?

[bamagecko76]

Would it be possible to keep these as pets? (shhh, don't tell my husband I asked that question) I'm just worried about putting them outside as it snowed this morning and it is really cold outside. I took these guys from their warm indoor home and other than keeping them, I have to put them outside into the snow. Will they live with temperatures dropping to below 20 degrees outside?

From what I've read #2 makes a fairly good captive but I'd use extreme caution, don't know about the others. You can find some pretty great info on arachno boards under true spiders.

Good luck!

[LeviBP]

#3 Is likely to be either a Wolf or a Brown Recluse, they look a lot alike and are often misplaced with each other. Keep in mind a Brown Recluse is pretty venomous and can effect a human pretty significantly.

But by your picture I would say #3 is a Wolf, I feel about 98% confident with this.