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Anyone have tips on hunting for big wolf spiders at night?
Second that! I bought a high-powered rechargeable LED headlamp(up to 5000 lumens and four hours full power) off Amazon, and it really works great for spotting Wolf Spiders, Fishing Spiders and other spiders that hunt by sight, since their eyes are highly reflective and you can spot them from a long distance. Our property at night looks like a small galaxy, lol. I know a lot of people who'd freak out if they had any idea how many spiders are in close proximity to them every day and night. These spiders will let you get very close to them with a light, too, since they "freeze" like a rabbit when caught in a beam of light. I've caught some really large Hogna carolinensis and Rabida rabidosa using a head lamp.Get a headlamp and just look around. You will see their eyes glowing from a good distance away.
I have gotten my grandma to like spiders now and she was amazed when I showed her all the wolfies in her yard! She said "Now I feel bad when I walk around!". I have found some massive D. vittatus here. R. rabida, Pardosa sp., and S. avida seem to be the most common wolfs here, sadly I haven't found any H. carolinensis :\Second that! I bought a high-powered rechargeable LED headlamp(up to 5000 lumens and four hours full power) off Amazon, and it really works great for spotting Wolf Spiders, Fishing Spiders and other spiders that hunt by sight, since their eyes are highly reflective and you can spot them from a long distance. Our property at night looks like a small galaxy, lol. I know a lot of people who'd freak out if they had any idea how many spiders are in close proximity to them every day and night. These spiders will let you get very close to them with a light, too, since they "freeze" like a rabbit when caught in a beam of light. I've caught some really large Hogna carolinensis and Rabida rabidosa using a head lamp.
What does the burrow of say a Hogna look like? I see so many holes in the ground and never know what they belong to. I also don't know how I'd properly extract the spider.Hogna, geolycosa and alopecosa make turrets.
Geolycosa also tend to prefer sandy areas. Dunes are a good bet for those.
Ah ah, i would never manage to figure out that, man. Southern Italian Folklore at it's finest, i think.Just don't let it bite you, you might get tarantism :biggrin:
You can usually coax them out with a small piece of grass. Mess with their webbing a little bit and you might be able to get them to come out. You'd probably have a better chance during the evening when they're in full hunting mode.What do wolf spider turrets look like? How could I coax the spider out of the turret? Also, are fishing spiders faster than wolf spiders?