geolycosa

Introducing the male to the female. He's really big just a few mm short of 3". Great care must be taken when introducing male wolf spiders, especially geolycosa which can be very aggressive toward the males. Ive had one chase the male and kill him right after mating.

Ive noticed these guys like to add a single long twig, im unsure why but it may be for better prey detection.

Breeding this species was really interesting for me. Difficult, too. Seems the young have to observe their siblings hunting to understand what to do with food. Maybe next time i'll keep the slings together in their own communal enclosure and let them teach each other how to be spiders.

Geolycosa gosoga

success.

i forgot to replace the lid and left it wide open- returned hours later and she never went further than this. This genus is frustrating but rewarding. get the substrate wrong and they sulk and refuse food or water.

Blue Earth Wolf mature female

Blue Earth Wolf