Rustic Wolf Spider Care Sheet

Container/Cage
Critter Keepers, New World Habitats, and deli-cups work great.

Substrate
Dirt and potting soil are good.

Housing
Rocks, bark, sticks, and leaf litter are a good hide for rustic wolf spiders.

Diet
They will take crickets, flys, earwigs, grub worms, caterpillars, moths, other wolf spiders, and other spiders.

Feeding
Feed them once a week. If you wait to feed them later then once a week they will start to get weak and will die because they will be to weak to catch prey, even there mandibles will be to weak. BUT there is a way to make them normal again, what you need to do is moisten the cage up and give your wolf spider a wet cotton ball.

Water
Wolf spiders dont need any extra water as they get most of there water from the bugs they eat BUT this species of wolf spider, rustic wolf spiders will need more water because they live in ohio and ohio is moist, so spray water on the sides of the cage every day but dont do it so much that it will get soaked and die. You can also use a bottle cap and put a moist paper towel in there.

Decor
None are needed.

Temperature
Room temperature is just fine.

Temper
Docile.

Type
Terrestrial.

Growth
Slow.

Care difficulty rate
Very easy.

The perfect spider for beginners/starters.