Wolf Spider Care Sheets?

[Melonhelmet]

Anybody got a care sheet, I know a guy who has some CB here. Thinking of getting one.

[GRB]

Which species?

Lycosids are rather wide spread, so care can vary.

[Hoolibugs]

We keep Mexican lycosids.

Temp: 24/27'c
Humidity: 30/40%
Housing: Juvs in a cricket tub, adult in tub similar to an ice cream tub but higher sides.
Substrate: Peat mixed with vermiculite, approx. 50/50. Substrate 4" deep, they do burrow. Bark for a hide.
Food: Anything! They are voracious. Babies on fruit flies, juvs on flies, maggots, roaches, adults on crix, roaches, flies...
Notes: These guys can move - blink and you'll miss them! But they are ridiculously cute OH has been bitten and he said its not particularly significant, painful but not as bad as a bee sting.

Of course this is just for our Mexicans, not 100% sure on other species.

[Incubuss]

Just a note. Remember these are pretty hard to ID as they are very wide spread. Make sure you know where it's come from. If its the Brazilian wolf spider, then stay well away if you're not an experienced keeper as their venom is nasty. They have only just come off the dwa list, but a bite can still be pretty serious.

[Fixx]

Originally Posted by Incubuss

Just a note. Remember these are pretty hard to ID as they are very wide spread. Make sure you know where it's come from. If its the Brazilian wolf spider, then stay well away if you're not an experienced keeper as their venom is nasty. They have only just come off the dwa list, but a bite can still be pretty serious.

"Data obtained from 515 victims of bites of wolf spiders (family Lycosidae) who were attended in Vital Brazil Hospital, São Paulo City, Brazil, in a 5-year period (1979-1983) were analysed. Bites were more frequent in males (56%). All age groups were involved. Foot and hand were the preferential sites of bite (79%), and pain, generally mild, was the predominant symptom (83%). No local necrosis, a severe complication described in the previous literature, was detected, suggesting that those old cases were due to misdiagnosed Loxosceles spider bites. Specific antivenom was employed in only three cases which is evidence that physicians do not consider wolf spider bites to be severe."

1990: Ribeiro L A; Jorge M T; Piesco R V; Nishioka S de A
Wolf spider bites in São Paulo, Brazil: a clinical and epidemiological study of 515 cases.
Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology 1990;28(6):715-7 .

BioMed

[Incubuss]

Originally Posted by Fixx

"Data obtained from 515 victims of bites of wolf spiders (family Lycosidae) who were attended in Vital Brazil Hospital, São Paulo City, Brazil, in a 5-year period (1979-1983) were analysed. Bites were more frequent in males (56%). All age groups were involved. Foot and hand were the preferential sites of bite (79%), and pain, generally mild, was the predominant symptom (83%). No local necrosis, a severe complication described in the previous literature, was detected, suggesting that those old cases were due to misdiagnosed Loxosceles spider bites. Specific antivenom was employed in only three cases which is evidence that physicians do not consider wolf spider bites to be severe."

1990: Ribeiro L A; Jorge M T; Piesco R V; Nishioka S de A
Wolf spider bites in São Paulo, Brazil: a clinical and epidemiological study of 515 cases.
Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology 1990;28(6):715-7 .

BioMed

1. There is an antivenom - antivenom is made for a reason.
2. They are ex dwa - also, for a reason
3. That is from an old journal
4. I personally know someone who had a VERY bad time due to a bite
5. I remember reading a new, more detailed report on this species. the report was very in depth and proved a lot of the previous knowledge of the venom to inacurate. I will see if I can find it once I get a bit of time to rummage.

[Melonhelmet]

Ah poop, I can't remeber which one, Its a local species of BC produced from the offspring of the original WCs. So its 2nd generating CB. Nothing exotic to here.

Species It COuld Be:

Alopecosa aculeata
Alopecosa kochi
Arctosa alpigena
Pardosa altamontis
Pardosa distincta (i think its this one not sure tho)
Pardosa dorsalis

And probally alot more, Ill get a picture as soon as I ses them and post it.