Lycosa spec. (ex.Brazil)

[Banshee05]

 

[Steven]

very nice wolfs ! :drool:


do you have more pictures of the 1st one ?
that looks like a very intresting specimen.

 

[T.Raab]

Hi,

what body length does those spiders have?

 

[Jmadson13]

Ditto, and nice Wolf. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Banshee05]

Hi,

what body length does those spiders have?

the first dark one is a adult female with 32mm bodylength, so a like a l.tarentula. she carries once an eggsac,but ate them some weeks later. i hope she will build a second one
the other spec aren' adult yet, so i cannot say the adult size, now they both has a bodylength about 25mm the first and the second 35mm.

do you have more pictures of the 1st one ?
that looks like a very intresting specimen.

i will take for you yes she is very interesting, next time i will take some more pix, i have now 5 different spec from bazil.

 

[bistrobob85]

I think there is a gecko hiding under your last spider...

 

[Banshee05]

I think there is a gecko hiding under your last spider...

hehe,yes,this pix is from my friend in brazil,he send it to me bevore sending the spiders but i will take closer pix soon.

 

[TVspiderman]

Fab pic of the Lycosa sp eating the gecko. Take care with some South American Wolf spiders - theycan give a bad bite (Lycosa raptoria in particular) I think the 1st spider is actually not a Wolf spider at all but rather a Ctenidae (Wandering spider)

You can tell from the eye arrangement - most noticeably the lack of the two large binocular eyes at the front, also the carapace shape.

I'm not basing this just on the photo, I've actually seen this little guy in Peru where it is widespread. Photo of my female with attached egg-sack follows.

Whilst it is a Wandering spider, it is not as large or as dangerous as its close cousins Phoneutria and Cupiensis

Also - Freshly moulted they are bright purple - which is pretty cool!

 

[Stefan2209]

Take care with some South American Wolf spiders - theycan give a bad bite (Lycosa raptoria in particular)

Hi there,

that´s since long no more accurate:

Scaptocosa raptoria had been dubbed as being quite toxic, it´s bite had been said to be extremely necrotic....
Then it had been transfered to Lycosa raptoria.
Then it had been synonimized with L. erythrognatha...

The bite symptoms of L. ery are indeed quite weak, a bit painful, that´s it. If necrosis occurs at all, it´s due to secondary infections, not to the effects of the toxin.
The former documented severe bite accidents that occured had indeed not been caused by any Lycosid species but by Loxosceles spec. and had just been misidentified.
If you check back with the history of L. tarantula you´ll find a very, very similar story: for many years people thought L. tarantula to be very toxic. In fact they had just misjudged the true origin of the severe bite cases, which had been inflicted by Latrodetus tredecimgutatta...

The wolfes however just look much more conspicious than the Loxo´s and the widows...

Just to let you know.

Greetings,

Stefan

 

[orcrist]

interesting, the second spider's markings are almost a mirror of the markings on Dolomdedes tenebrosus and scriptus. I have to wonder whether these may have been the sort of markings found on their common ancestor however long ago before they diverged.

Also identical to a similar but smaller lycosid here in NY state.