Fishing spider care

[Liquifin]

Thanks for the advice, I will probably release it so that it can breed. Any ideas when I should start looking for an actual fishing spider? I'd like to find one but considering I've only ever seen one I'm not sure that I will.

Fishing spiders are mainly nocturnal, but are fast as a huntsman spider IME. Night time near any bodies of water is the best place to search. Males are generally most active at this time, and couples of males and females are best found at night. Best advice, if you try to catch one, note that they are faster to run away than you catching them. Back when I tried to catch one, which was a huge female around 4" (big in my area), I nearly died when it bolted on me and jumped onto the fallen branches in the water. It felt like a small rock hitting my waist with "actual weight" due to the speed impact. You can find them in the daytime as well near bodies of water, but are not seen as much as compared to night time. June and July is when they breed like crazy, that is "THE BEST TIME" to find them. But its better to catch them as slings and grow them out to adults, to enjoy having some time with them as they are not long lived IMO and IME.

 

[Ungoliant]

I dont know which species. I live in Virginia and I often see wolf spiders so I guess it does thrive in a similar environment. Here's a picture of it: View attachment 271060

That's not a fishing spider. It's a hacklemesh weaver (Amaurobiidae).

You will want to set this one up for web building.