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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Whitelightning777" data-source="post: 157849" data-attributes="member: 26980">I noticed myself getting excessively nervous around the wolf spiders at my job site. I refuse to be mattered by emotional reactions.Still, many years ago, I had a very positive experience with a PZB that was being displayed by over of the petshops. It say on my hand forever and was super chilled, light as a feather.This kid and her mom wanted to buy it so I agreed that they would do so. Ironically enough, they live so long and grow so slow that I might still have it if I had purchased it.So, I went out into my parents basement, captured a few wild wolf spiders & tested a few ideas that I had for modifying cages in ways that aren't typical to more closely copy their native areas and busy growth rates.They were rewarded with mealworms for their trouble and released into the best possible location in the county with more bugs then anywhere else.Then, I got a H spinifer scorpion, 23 surprise scorplings, a C versicolor somewhere in there, a L klugi {who is still probably my favorite & not a sling anymore) my first OW a M balfouri, then my first P striata.......You get the idea.Next one I've ordered, E olivacea, which is available from Jamie's for $90. This is an OW species with a similar attitude to the OBT. Probably NOT the best first one to get but still awesome.</blockquote>