Found this one back in September under a pool liner. Was just a spiderling and looked nothing like it does now. It buried itself shortly after I found it and stayed there almost the whole time minus sneaking out to eat when I wasn’t looking. Then about 2 weeks ago it came out looking like this and hasn’t gone back into hiding since.
Doesn’t look like your more common wolf spiders, I suspect Arctosa rubicunda.
They all do like to hide during day and come out at night to ambush prey.
Those large median eyes give them good low level light vision. Species Arctosa rubicunda – BugGuide.Net
See, I thought it was a wolf spider when I found it, but then it started looking like this and I started to question myself. It is a beauty though, I love the way the patter continues on the legs also.
Often when these are kept as classroom pets, they can live a good 3 years from juvenile. They will molt several times in their growth and freshly molted have a stiking look about them.
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Found this one back in September under a pool liner. Was just a spiderling and looked nothing like it does now. It buried itself shortly after I found it and stayed there almost the whole time minus sneaking out to eat when I wasn’t looking. Then about 2 weeks ago it came out looking like this and hasn’t gone back into hiding since.
Doesn’t look like your more common wolf spiders, I suspect Arctosa rubicunda.
They all do like to hide during day and come out at night to ambush prey.
Those large median eyes give them good low level light vision.
Species Arctosa rubicunda – BugGuide.Net
See, I thought it was a wolf spider when I found it, but then it started looking like this and I started to question myself. It is a beauty though, I love the way the patter continues on the legs also.
Often when these are kept as classroom pets, they can live a good 3 years from juvenile. They will molt several times in their growth and freshly molted have a stiking look about them.