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I have a pair of captive-born wolf spiders (Hogna species) from a wild-caught mother (from Tucson, AZ) who laid the egg sac while in my care. I would like to try to breed them, but I'm not sure if they'll be agreeable or not, since they've lived out their entire lives so far isolated in small cages. I do have a larger cage that I'm hoping to use as a breeding tank. It's one of those large plastic breeder boxes, roughly 12"x18"x6", with sand substrate and bits of wood and cut desert plants for hiding places. I just rehoused the female into the larger tank today and she is busy running around and exploring it.
Obviously, before I introduce the male, I need to be sure that both of them are well-fed, but does anybody have any other suggestions? Has anyone successfully bred wolf spiders in captivity?
(I did recently release a pair of Lynx spiders that had also been captive-born from a wild-caught mother and spent their entire lives in deli cups. Because there were both a male and a female, I released them both on the same rose bush - and within less than a minute, the male had found the female and begun courting her! I don't know if he was successful or not because I gave up watching after about 40 minutes, but he was definitely persistent - and she did not seem entirely opposed to the idea, nor was she acting as if she had any real interest in eating him just at the moment. With any luck, they'll breed a new generation of Lynx spiders for my garden!)
Obviously, before I introduce the male, I need to be sure that both of them are well-fed, but does anybody have any other suggestions? Has anyone successfully bred wolf spiders in captivity?
(I did recently release a pair of Lynx spiders that had also been captive-born from a wild-caught mother and spent their entire lives in deli cups. Because there were both a male and a female, I released them both on the same rose bush - and within less than a minute, the male had found the female and begun courting her! I don't know if he was successful or not because I gave up watching after about 40 minutes, but he was definitely persistent - and she did not seem entirely opposed to the idea, nor was she acting as if she had any real interest in eating him just at the moment. With any luck, they'll breed a new generation of Lynx spiders for my garden!)