Is this Arctosa littoralis?

[Luxilain]

Sorry if the formatting is off, this is my first forum post!

I picked this sub-adult up at a con yesterday, she was labelled Hogna sp "White". I've been wanting a wolf spider and had no idea they came in white, so I grabbed the last one and set to work on finding more information on her. At this point I'm pretty convinced she's A. littoralis, but I'd appreciate some confirmation.

She's currently on a topsoil/playsand/coco fiber mix with wood chips and leaf litter for hiding and a bit of moist sphag moss in the corner. Should I move her to just sand or will she be alright on the dirt? Also, can she hunt the same sized prey as a jumping spider of roughly equivalent size? I have lots of medium crickets for my jumping spider.

 

[Salmonsaladsandwich]

That's a Hogna, probably H. lenta or one of the more obscure similar species. It's from a Florida population that's adapted to camouflage on white sand. It'll be fine on sand or dirt, you don't need to keep it too humid since they live in pretty dry environments (unlike A. littoralis which can be difficult to care for because it dehydrates so easily).

Hogna are voracious feeders that can easily eat prey larger than themselves so anything you'd feed to a similar sized jumping spider will be fine. They're also happy to scavenge and don't necessarily need their food to be alive.