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Lycosidae

Wolf spider (Lycosa / Hogna)

Lycosa spp. / Hogna spp.แมงมุมหมาป่า

The page we cite does not state this figure. We opened it on 10 Aug 2026 and it gives no temperature for this species at all. The values above may still be right, but we cannot show you where they came from, and nobody here has checked them against a second source. Anything about a sick animal goes to a qualified exotic vet, not to a page. en.wikipedia.org

Photograph: Анатолий Озерной /Anatoly Ozernoy · CC BY-SA

Photographed by an observer on iNaturalist and published under a Creative Commons licence; the photographer and the licence are named under the image. It is not an animal of ours, and no animal was handled by us to produce it.

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Drag the sun. Wolf spider (Lycosa / Hogna) is nocturnal, so what it is doing changes with the light.

Burrowing · warm · middlingFrom the sheet: 24–30°C, humidity 55–70%

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Temperature24–30 °C
Humidity55–70 %
Enclosure25×20×20
Diet7 days

The numbers

Temperature

152025303540 °C
24–30°Ambient

One ambient band, 24–30°C. This sheet states no warm side, no cool side and no night figure, so none are shown. Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet states24-30°C

Humidity

55–70%Target RH

The sheet states55-70% (drier surface, damp corner)

Identity

Adult size

1.75 m1–3.5 cm
1520100400 cm
1–3.5 cmNose to tail, adult

The size the sheet states for a grown animal.

Why

Two drawings, because they answer two questions. The silhouette is at true scale against a 1.75 m person: it says how big this animal actually is, which no number does for someone who has never seen one. The bar under it is logarithmic and shared by every sheet here, so a 2 cm isopod and a 4 m python both stay readable on the same axis and two species can be compared at a glance.

Order / Family
Araneae
IUCN / CITES
IUCN not assessed; CITES not yet in our data
Difficulty
Beginner–Intermediate
Commonality
Common (often wild-caught); niche pet
Adult size
Body 1-3.5 cm depending on species; robust, hairy
Lifespan
Males ~2 years; females 3-5+ years
Growth rate
Medium-fast
Activity & niche
Nocturnal ground hunter; no capture web, roams or burrows
Temperament
Fast, defensive; will bolt or bite if cornered
Venom / defense
Mild venom, not medically significant; bite locally painful but harmless: fast, not a handling spider

Enclosure and conditions

Enclosure

substrateclimbing branchwarm hidewater55–70 % RH25 cm20 cm
warm hideclimbing branchwatersubstrate
50100150200 cm
25 × 20 × 20 cmWidth × depth × height
5dm² of floor
Warm side: not in our dataUVB: not in our data

Drawn from the stated numbers. Only what the sheet states is drawn inside.

Why

The rectangle carries the exact width-to-height ratio of the figures above it, and the ruler under it places that width on the 0–250 cm scale every sheet here shares, so two species still compare at a glance. Nothing is added that the sheet does not name: a lamp drawn on a sheet that never mentions one would be invented equipment. What the sheet leaves out is listed rather than left blank, because an empty tank reads as « none needed ».

The sheet states25x20x20 cm horizontal for one adult

Temperature
24-30°C
Humidity
55-70% (drier surface, damp corner)
Min. enclosure
25x20x20 cm horizontal for one adult
Substrate
6-10 cm coco/soil, part-moist, allows a scrape/burrow
Hides / decor / water
Cork/bark hide, water dish, some leaf litter

What your climate adds

This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.

Diet

Feeding rhythm

every 7 dAs the sheet states
4Meals in 28 days

Twenty-eight days, one row. Each band is a meal window.

Why

The windows widen as they go because the interval is a range: four meals after a 10–14 day cycle land anywhere between day 40 and day 56.

The sheet statesCrickets, roaches, other insects · 1-2 items weekly

Staple food
Crickets, roaches, other insects
Feeding frequency
1-2 items weekly
Supplements
Not required

Behaviour and handling

HandlingNot recommended: fast, may bite; venom mild
CommunalNo: cannibalistic; separate spiderlings
Defense / stress signsRapid fleeing, raised front legs, fang display

Reproduction

Life course

Day 0Hatch
2 yrLifespan in care
2 yrMinimum commitment
Sexual maturityNot in our data

Read from the lifespan and maturity the sheet states, for animals in care and not in the wild.

Why

The minimum commitment is the low end of that lifespan, and the reproductive window is what is left after maturity: both are subtractions on stated figures, not figures of their own.

Reproduction
Oviparous: female carries the egg sac on her spinnerets, then carries spiderlings on her back

Common health problems

Common health issues
SignsDehydration, fall/handling injury, bad molt
Red flags / quarantine
SignsFast escaper — secure lid; QT wild-caught; check hydration

Good to know

  • Female wolf spiders famously carry dozens of babies on their backs: the only spiders that do so
  • Female wolf spiders famously carry dozens of babies on their backs — the only spiders that do so

What it needs

Enclosure at least 25 × 20 × 20 cmbecause enclosure25x20x20 cm horizontal for one adult
A thermometerbecause temp24-30°C
A hygrometerbecause humidity55-70% (drier surface, damp corner)

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation.

Sources

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What this sheet states

100%
TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

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UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 421 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.