I have a pet Wolf Spider...

[zeegler]

...and he's about to eat breakfast.

I found this little bugger a couple of days ago in my basement.



I fed him a big fat housefly the day I found him, and he devoured it, pulling all the legs off, and the head, leaving a dried up husk. Yesterday, I found a much smaller, baby wolf spider. He ate that too.

This morning, I found one of those gross centipede thingies, and I'm currently awaiting the carnage.



Wolf Spiders are venomous like all true spiders, and have large powerful jaws. They're poison won't kill most adults, but is quite painful, and fatalities have been reported, most likely due to allergic reactions, and sensitivities.

This one is a Hogna Carolinensis. He's pretty much harmless to humans.

Don't worry, these things are not commonly found in your home. They are known as accidental invaders, and usually live outside.

I need to give him a name.

[Axewielder]

The pics are pretty cool, but how about a Wolf Spider Combat Action Webcam! Man that would rock.

[zeegler]

The pics are pretty cool, but how about a Wolf Spider Combat Action Webcam! Man that would rock.

Speaking of videos, there's a Japanese show that apparently specializes in insect battles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqWwkl9Y5sM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiCnPlEB-GQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtN7Hsgk7rI&feature=related

There's a ton of these on youtube. Hours of entertainment!

[horns666]

I did that with those very two bugs. The centipede died almost instantly after a very brief contact..boom..dead.

[horns666]

Cool vids zeegs!!!

[zeegler]

I did that with those very two bugs. The centipede died almost instantly after a very brief contact..boom..dead.

Awesome Bill!.

Wolf spiders are fucking cool, and tough too. I guess mine's not hungry yet because he hasn't annihilated the centipede yet. I hope I don't miss it when he does. It's going to be cool.

[airjamie]

Creepy.

[horns666]

Awesome Bill!.

Wolf spiders are fucking cool, and tough too. I guess mine's not hungry yet because he hasn't annihilated the centipede yet. I hope I don't miss it when he does. It's going to be cool.

Mine didn't do anything until I shook the jar a couple times. They got tangled once ..and the centipede was dead.

[SEEGERMANY]

For God's sake, don't name him Wolfie!

[AfterForever]

Holy crap, that are some disgusting insects..

[Rsmacker]

Holy fucking shit, it would be called Mr Pancake if I saw it, because I would drive my Discovery over it. Spiders scare the shite out of me, I really really hate them.

I would post that link to that video of some huge MF of a spider bollocking out from underneath a log and killing a MOUSE, but it makes my skin crawl, so fuck it, find it yourself!

[Nuclear Vampire]

Yikes! We saw tons of those at Nopoming Provincial Park. Big buggers.

My brother had a Scorpion and a Tarantula and put them in the same tank to fight. The spider won, I believe.

[SEEGERMANY]

Several months ago, we rehabed a young man who had been bitten on the shoulder by a brown recluse spider. He had a section of rotted skin the size of a tennis ball. Once we debrided the wound and stabalized the area, he became a candidate for a skin graft. Spiders, gotta luv'm!

[CharvelRocker]

Those right there are about the only two bugs that get on my nerves. How big is this thing? I found one similar in my show bin (probably tracked it in from doing yard work), and this stupid spider would not die! I swear I stepped on it 6-7 times and it was still squirming around

[zeegler]

Those right there are about the only two bugs that get on my nerves. How big is this thing? I found one similar in my show bin (probably tracked it in from doing yard work), and this stupid spider would not die! I swear I stepped on it 6-7 times and it was still squirming around

This one isn't full grown yet. He's about an inch from fangs to spinarets. That's not including his legs of course. Depending on which website you believe, full grown adults can be up to 2 inches. There are bigger species of Wolf spider found in different parts of the world, including Australia, South America, and Asia.