spider ID - do i have a wolf spider?

[purrusaurus]

sorry if this wouldn't be the right place to ask!! im new to the world of spiders and still largely arachnophobic but this tiny little thing has kind of stolen my heart.

i found them (in south alberta, canada) on my curtains as i was going to bed about a month ago, and put it in a house to observe them for a while since they're just so cute. (i found them with 7 legs, but just a few days ago they re-emerged from a molt with a brand new skinny baby 8th leg!!) im so in love with them now im thinking of getting them a proper terrarium for longer term, even though i was originally thinking of releasing them before the fall hits.. so im wondering what exactly they are!!
my first guess after catching them was a hobo spider, then a grass/basement weaver, but I've had em for a few weeks now, and they haven't weaved a sheet of anything despite definitely having a home base. they're fairly expressive and like to wander, and perch up on sticks and thicker strings of dry grass, and they're for sure a sight based hunter!! one redditor on r/spiders said they look like a wolfie but i haven't had any more input than that. was hoping to find some answers here, maybe? :]

 

[purrusaurus]

sybaris's post-molt realness

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

Pretty good chance it’s a wolf spider. Not sure which type.

 

[zsiciarz]

Definitely a Lycosidae sp. (wolf spider). May be a Hogna frondicola, but I'm not very familiar with the american species.

 

[aaarg]

looks like a male Pardosa

 

[purrusaurus]

Definitely a Lycosidae sp. (wolf spider). May be a Hogna frondicola, but I'm not very familiar with the american species.

looks like a male Pardosa

from the resources i found find online, some sort of hogna or pardosa is what i've managed to narrow it down to and hoped i might see suggested here!!! does anyone know if they have particularly different care needs? the space i've got them in now seems to be working just fine for them but when i set up their ultimate enclosure i'd love to know im making it so they'll be the most comfortable they can be !! :]

also, would anyone be able to estimate how old they are?? is this closer to a sling or fully mature?

 

[aaarg]

judging by the third photo in the OP, it's a male - maybe subadult.
the smaller size, the arrangement of the eyes, and the spines on the rear legs are what suggest Pardosa to me.

Genus Pardosa - Thin-legged Wolf Spiders

An online resource devoted to North American insects, spiders and their kin, offering identification, images, and information.

bugguide.net

 

[Brewser]

im new to the world of spiders and still largely arachnophobic but this tiny little thing has kind of stolen my heart.

i found them (in south alberta, canada) on my curtains as i was going to bed about a month ago, and put it in a house to observe them for a while since they're just so cute. (i found them with 7 legs, but just a few days ago they re-emerged from a molt with a brand new skinny baby 8th leg!!) im so in love with them now im thinking of getting them a proper terrarium for longer term, even though i was originally thinking of releasing them before the fall hits.. so im wondering what exactly they are!!
my first guess after catching them was a hobo spider, then a grass/basement weaver, but I've had em for a few weeks now, and they haven't weaved a sheet of anything despite definitely having a home base. they're fairly expressive and like to wander, and perch up on sticks and thicker strings of dry grass, and they're for sure a sight based hunter!! one redditor on r/spiders said they look like a wolfie but i haven't had any more input than that. was hoping to find some answers here, maybe? :]

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Nice Pictures of an Apex Predator...
Keep on Keeping on.

 

[purrusaurus]

Nice Pictures of an Apex Predator...
Keep on Keeping on.

thank you very much :]!!! here's some more (clearer ones too)!! took the lid off to do some spot cleaning and it's like they couldn't help but race up to pose for me.
identification-wise, i remembered that a while back someone on reddit identified a species caught on my mother's bug tape (in this same house- i sadly can't stop her from putting them down) as a Pardosa Modica, i'm starting to wonder if my little Sybaris is maybe the same!

and now: my little sybaris! comments about the spines on their back legs were absolutely correct, i just couldn't capture it well enough through the walls!

 

[zsiciarz]

Now I agree with Pardosa, spikes on leg IV are typical for that genus. They are often hard to pinpoint down to species level.