Wolf Spider?

[Frogsarethapoop]

I have what I think is a female wolf spider. It laid a huge eggsac about a month or 2 ago and now it has hatched. I have so far counted about 43 babies, but I have a feeling there will be way more. I was researching them a bit and it said that the females carry the eggsac on their abdomen? Is this always the case? Because like I have already said, mine laid an eggsac about 5 times the size of itself and sat on it the whole few months. And I read that the young ride on the mothers back, but none of mine are on the mothers back. They have spread out all around the inside of the enclosure. Also what do I feed the little babies?

 

[Emanuele]

Hi Frogman,
my answer is no, she's not a Lycosidae.
From what you're saying it could be an Phoneutria, an Eusparassidae or other species...
If you can send a picture here, that could help for determination.
About the babies: you can feed them with small Drosophila (fruit flies), once they'll begin to leave the mother's nest. If you want to keep them all alive you'll have to put each spiderling in a different container.
Cheers
Ema

 

[Frogsarethapoop]

At what age should I put the spiderlings in their own containers? Would styrofoam cups work? At what age should I feed them fruit flies?

 

[Frogsarethapoop]

I know the pictures are horrible, but believe it or not, these were the good ones. Cameras are gay.

 

[Frogsarethapoop]

Well nevermind I guess it doesn't like my pictures or something. It says it loaded them but then it doesn't show them. I don't get it.

 

[Frogsarethapoop]

OK I searched and found a picture of the same spider I have, and from the same location.

http://www.pestcontrolcanada.com/Questions/lintick spider_small.jpg

This one appears to be male from the pedipalps, mine obviously is a female. And I am sure that mine is the exact same species. Any help?

 

[pitbulllady]

That spider is an Aegelinopsis, or "Grass Spider", very common in North America, closely related to the Tegenarias. We do NOT have Phoneutria in North America, and their importation is, as I understand, banned.

pitbulllady

 

[Emanuele]

Ah, yes, pittbulllady is right!
It's really a Tegenaria-like spider indeed...
I didn't know Phoneutria are banned from USA, the same thing also in Italy...
Of course they are not present in USA, I didn't know from where the spider and the owner were...
Cheers
Ema

 

[Frogsarethapoop]

I am thinking Agelenopsis aperta or Agelenopsis pennsylvanica.

 

[Frogsarethapoop]

Also, is it normal for the female to die right away after the eggs have hatched? Mine is dead two days after.

 

[David_F]

Also, is it normal for the female to die right away after the eggs have hatched? Mine is dead two days after.

I've heard of Agelenopsis females dying not long after the slings emerge from the eggsac. Something about her serving as the first meal for her offspring. Don't know if it's always the case though.

 

[Frogsarethapoop]

Oh snap, should I put the dead mother back in then? I took it out to look at under the dissecting microscope.

 

[spid142]

agelenopsis

Looks like the one I looked up on the internet, and determined to be a Common funnel web spider. I caught one in the fall, and she was gravid, and has hatched out some babies.

 

[Frogsarethapoop]

Yeah mine had about 50 or so babies. I have 20 in individual vials, and the others all remain in the same enclosure.