Wolf spider or grass spider

AquasFloraAndFauna

Arachnopeon
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Looking for not only an id but reccomendations. Found this spider at my work. Doing better than i expected despite pesticides sprayed not long ago. Leaning towards a wolf spider as she has 2 big forward facing eyes. Need to know what I'm trying to take care of and wanted to see if anyone has any care recommendations. Currently at work for another 8 hours and wanted to see if there's anything i can do to reduce stress until then other than a dark covering.
 

LordAnon

Arachnosquire
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Wolf spider. Agelenopsis have skinnier legs and their spinnerets are noticeably longer.
 

The wolf

Arachnolord
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Definitely a wolf looks to me like rabidosa rabida get her on some ever so slightly moist substrate with a hide see if she will take food if not just make sure she doesn't dry out but don't let any mould grow and see if she recovers
 

AquasFloraAndFauna

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Thank you. Wolf spiders are what got me into spider keeping about 14 years ago so I'm hoping i can save her. She's looking a little rough right now and still in that half curl. Hopefully she'll pull through
Definitely a wolf looks to me like rabidosa rabida get her on some ever so slightly moist substrate with a hide see if she will take food if not just make sure she doesn't dry out but don't let any mould grow and see if she recovers
 

WildSpider

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I only keep Pardosa sp. but I'm guessing this applies to the other wolf spiders as well. I provide a water dish for mine as they drink a lot of water and can float. They may in fact be my thirstiest true spider. I've seen other keepers keep water dishes with theirs also. You may already know this since it was your intro spider but thought I'd mention it just in case.

It could be that yours might need some water. Before I did the water dish and before moving him to an outdoor building (he was the only one kept inside), I used to have trouble with one Pardosa a lot. To save him when he went into a death curl like this one, I put him on a damp paper towel and made sure his mouthparts were touching the towel. There he could drink the water from the towel. Online, I've seen a Hogna sp. saved by adding a water dish too. The Hogna sp., who was in death curl, went right for the water dish once the keeper put it in.
 
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