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Topic: Wolf Spider
JaceKnows Joined Mon 11/12/07 Posts: 5110	Wed 05/28/08 05:05 AM
KILL that sucker!!!! They just make more. And who needs them? JUST KILL IT <sigh> That's so mean...

hikerchick Joined Sat 12/22/07 Posts: 13206	Wed 05/28/08 05:06 AM
If it's any consolation, the spider is 10 times more afraid of you, than you are of it. Wolf spiders have voracious appetites, so they are especially handy to have around as they eat almost twice as much as a regular funnel web spider or other Lycosidae-family spiders. If ever you get a chance to watch them up close, they're fascinating. They rarely "web hunt", and instead have been known to actually chase down prey....hence their common name, Wolf. (= I watch them up close all the time..I have a house full of them. They don't make webs at all, do they Jace? I didn't think they did. I figure they help keep the population of true pests down..ants, flies, aphids, etc.

hikerchick Joined Sat 12/22/07 Posts: 13206	Wed 05/28/08 05:06 AM
KILL that sucker!!!! They just make more. And who needs them? JUST KILL IT <sigh> That's so mean... I killed one once and felt guilty for days...

Lily0923 Joined Sun 12/02/07 Posts: 20429	Wed 05/28/08 05:07 AM
This reminds me..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHzdsFiBbFc

hbingham86 Joined Mon 11/05/07 Posts: 100	Wed 05/28/08 05:09 AM
Then spray it with hair spray.....He won't last long. Especially if you're holding a lighter in front of the can of hairspray, right?

Jtevans Joined Fri 08/10/07 Posts: 30654	Wed 05/28/08 05:09 AM
KILL that sucker!!!! They just make more. And who needs them? JUST KILL IT <sigh> That's so mean... the only good spider is a dead spider....

hikerchick Joined Sat 12/22/07 Posts: 13206	Wed 05/28/08 05:10 AM
KILL that sucker!!!! They just make more. And who needs them? JUST KILL IT <sigh> That's so mean... the only good spider is a dead spider.... really, spiders are very beneficial creatures.

JaceKnows Joined Mon 11/12/07 Posts: 5110	Wed 05/28/08 05:10 AM
No, they don't make webs in the traditional sense. They generally use burrows or crevices (whatever they can find) and use their spinnerets to secure a covering or "glue down" small rocks or pieces of whatever to give them shelter.

Joaverage Joined Fri 03/07/08 Posts: 344	Wed 05/28/08 05:11 AM
That's how I do it.........good old lighter and hair spray. Then they are good spiders.

hikerchick Joined Sat 12/22/07 Posts: 13206	Wed 05/28/08 05:12 AM
No, they don't make webs in the traditional sense. They generally use burrows or crevices (whatever they can find) and use their spinnerets to secure a covering or "glue down" small rocks or pieces of whatever to give them shelter. They find shelter in my house! I had never seen one before I bought this house. Now I see them all the time.

Jtevans Joined Fri 08/10/07 Posts: 30654	Wed 05/28/08 05:12 AM
That's how I do it.........good old lighter and hair spray. Then they are good spiders. agreed

hbingham86 Joined Mon 11/05/07 Posts: 100	Wed 05/28/08 05:13 AM
I had a house outside of Seattle where they lived in the walls (mostly). They were actually big enough that you could HEAR them at night. EEEwwww.....

hikerchick Joined Sat 12/22/07 Posts: 13206	Wed 05/28/08 05:13 AM
That's how I do it.........good old lighter and hair spray. Then they are good spiders. agreed I would probably burn my house down trying to kill a spider.

JaceKnows Joined Mon 11/12/07 Posts: 5110	Wed 05/28/08 05:13 AM
Wolf spiders are fairly common, and tolerate a lot. Extreme cold is about the only thing that dissuades them. That and hair spray and a lighter... <sigh>

hikerchick Joined Sat 12/22/07 Posts: 13206	Wed 05/28/08 05:14 AM
I had a house outside of Seattle where they lived in the walls (mostly). They were actually big enough that you could HEAR them at night. EEEwwww..... they get pretty big...they look like little tarantulas to me...

Jtevans Joined Fri 08/10/07 Posts: 30654	Wed 05/28/08 05:14 AM
That's how I do it.........good old lighter and hair spray. Then they are good spiders. agreed I would probably burn my house down trying to kill a spider. that's why you lure it to a non-flamable area

hikerchick Joined Sat 12/22/07 Posts: 13206	Wed 05/28/08 05:15 AM
That's how I do it.........good old lighter and hair spray. Then they are good spiders. agreed I would probably burn my house down trying to kill a spider. that's why you lure it to a non-flamable area Lure it? What, tie a fly to a string and pull it?

Lance1205 Joined Mon 05/05/08 Posts: 212	Wed 05/28/08 05:16 AM
If it's any consolation, the spider is 10 times more afraid of you, than you are of it. Wolf spiders have voracious appetites, so they are especially handy to have around as they eat almost twice as much as a regular funnel web spider or other Lycosidae-family spiders. If ever you get a chance to watch them up close, they're fascinating. They rarely "web hunt", and instead have been known to actually chase down prey....hence their common name, Wolf. (= Dude that rocks. I did not know that see JSH does serve a purpose I've learned my Biology lesson for today. I thought they were called wolf spiders because they were hairy and friggin' big!

Joaverage Joined Fri 03/07/08 Posts: 344	Wed 05/28/08 05:16 AM
Thank You See hair spray is actually a good thing.

JaceKnows Joined Mon 11/12/07 Posts: 5110	Wed 05/28/08 05:18 AM
I feel like such a dork.