Spider in my cricket box

[cyberlocc]

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brown recluse..........hobo spider .............wolf spider

See I was thinking like that pic as well. I have read same as the other guy that recluses look like wolf spiders. Maybe there is diff rent species of wolf?

I say that as all the wolf spiders I have ever seen or caught here in AZ are grey and black not brown. Matter of fact just found a big boy yesterday and he was light grey and light black.

 

[MeruJack]

See I was thinking like that pic as well. I have read same as the other guy that recluses look like wolf spiders. Maybe there is diff rent species of wolf?

I say that as all the wolf spiders I have ever seen or caught here in AZ are grey and black not brown. Matter of fact just found a big boy yesterday and he was light grey and light black.

Did some research: "There are more than 100 genera and about 2,300 species of wolf spiders; 200 species live in the United States. ." And, "In general their coloration is appropriate to their favorite habitat."

 

[cyberlocc]

Did some research: "There are more than 100 genera and about 2,300 species of wolf spiders; 200 species live in the United States. ." And, "In general their coloration is appropriate to their favorite habitat."

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Ya I found that as well pretty crazzy.

This is what the ones around here look like.

 

[TheVeiledProphet]

The markings on the photo do not seem to me to match the illustrations of the three species being suggested. Most spiders are harmless. And to me that's what this one looks like. A common brown spider. I would feed it to your chameleon, eat it yourself, or allow it to live a lavish life of gluttony and excess and just leave him in your cricket colony box.
P.s. A lot of "spider haters" seem to have a prejudice against spiders as being a source of fear and disgust, as evidenced by the way people immediately after one not very detailed view are like " yep, poison danger toxic venom wolf spider, brown recluse, black widow tarantula , kill it smash it squish it dead!", followed by a chorus of " yup, uh hu, I second that, fa sho, definitely, and I concur".

 

[cyberlocc]

The markings on the photo do not seem to me to match the illustrations of the three species being suggested. Most spiders are harmless. And to me that's what this one looks like. A common brown spider. I would feed it to your chameleon, eat it yourself, or allow it to live a lavish life of gluttony and excess and just leave him in your cricket colony box.
P.s. A lot of "spider haters" seem to have a prejudice against spiders as being a source of fear and disgust, as evidenced by the way people immediately after one not very detailed view are like " yep, poison danger toxic venom wolf spider, brown recluse, black widow tarantula , kill it smash it squish it dead!", followed by a chorus of " yup, uh hu, I second that, fa sho, definitely, and I concur".

Well wolf spiders are not dangerous neither are tarantulas?

However ya I hate spiders they scare me. I follow this,

 

[WAMBO]

You forgot this one...

RUN LIKE HELL!

 

[KLowery88]

Haha, wolf spiders are actually pretty chill. I rescue a bunch from my cats all the time. I'm not certain, but I doubt the spider pictured is a wolf spider because of the skinny legs. I like IDing mystery animals though.

Here's a wolf spider from north Florida. One of my rescued-from-cats girls with her egg sack.

 

[KapitalJ]

I now feel like things are crawling all over my body.....

SMASH IT!!

 

[Spyro]

I've never had spiders in my cricket box, but Ivery had ants in there.