ArmadilloPup
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At work I was tossing something out and found a small wolf spider and her egg sac. She was tucked into some thick webbing and once I broke that, she ran away. But then I found an actual egg sack underneath the webbing. Once I transferred the eggs to the cup with some forceps, it was easy to coax her into the cup. She has been sitting on her egg sac since, which is now a little more exposed without the webbing she was also wrapped into. Naturally, we've named her Charlotte.
We're into the frost season here, so would she and the babies die if I relocate her outdoors because I broke her outer layer of protection? Do I set her up with a small terrarium until spring? I'm not sure of species but I do know she is some type of wolf spider (fuzzy, moves in scary little spurts, has a stripe). She is so small compared to all of the "rabidosa" spiders I see in the summer, she's barely an inch and has striped legs.
At work I was tossing something out and found a small wolf spider and her egg sac. She was tucked into some thick webbing and once I broke that, she ran away. But then I found an actual egg sack underneath the webbing. Once I transferred the eggs to the cup with some forceps, it was easy to coax her into the cup. She has been sitting on her egg sac since, which is now a little more exposed without the webbing she was also wrapped into. Naturally, we've named her Charlotte.
We're into the frost season here, so would she and the babies die if I relocate her outdoors because I broke her outer layer of protection? Do I set her up with a small terrarium until spring? I'm not sure of species but I do know she is some type of wolf spider (fuzzy, moves in scary little spurts, has a stripe). She is so small compared to all of the "rabidosa" spiders I see in the summer, she's barely an inch and has striped legs.