Comments on: Wolf Spider

By: The Arachnidude

The Arachnidude — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:30:47 +0000

Who here knows that the tarantula’s name actually originated from a type of wolf spider? P.S. Audrey de Awesome I live in UT too!

By: Audrey de Awesome

Audrey de Awesome — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 03:37:46 +0000

I have a pet Jumping Spider, and have owned a non-poisoness funnel webs spider (I live in UT).

It is a hobby I do, and people say I am crazy and stupid… :/ But I don’t think so.

Reading this, I am hoping that I don’t meet one of these Wolf Spiders again…

When I was 9 (I am 11 now) I was taking out the garbage with my one-year-old sister. So I opened the lid and this HUGE spider was on it. It fell down onto the side walk, and tried to bite my sister. I picked her up just in time, and told her to run. I distracted the spider by throwing rocks at, running around screaming my head off. When I heard Clara get inside, I sprinted towards the door.

Later I researched and found that I had come across a female Wolf Spider… *Shivers*

Thats why I only breed Jumping Spiders. I just started up again, I caught a female. She is a Household jumper named Venessa.
She lost a leg in a fight (I saw it happen, I got there to see her go for the kill) with a Widow. She won, but was injured. I took her in, and now she is friends. I am always careful to insure her fangs are not out when picking her up. I have owned her now for 48 hours with nothing wrong.

I wish that Wolf Spiders weren’t so bad, because they are fascinating creatures.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:28:23 +0000

My 4 year old was bitten by a wolf spider at daycare. I’m assuming it crawled in her boot at recess because when we for home and I pulled off her boots I found it squashed to the front. The next day her leg had a place the size of a softball that was swollen and red and feverish. You can’t tell me that the wolf spider is harmless and you don’t need to go to the doctor.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:38:37 +0000

Well, I can’t remember if I’ve seen a wolf spider in person. But I’m interested to see one (but it should be 25 meters away from me).

By: greg

greg — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:28:12 +0000

Wolf spiders are not such a menace as the article says… or we just crate another myth. Venom is studied and does not do more than a sting of a bee not even a wasp…Wasp sting can be allergic not from a wolf spider. if you got bitten ..that much unlucky or stupid… just ice pack and if you feel malaise just a simple analgetic and that’s all… the emergency and doctor calls or hospital are …BIG DEAL and EXAGGERATING get true facts and read…

Brown recluse can make skin lesions and necrosis but last defenceis topic surgery (very rare) not at all amputation… if you are diabetic that’s another story…

For all you have phobia try to search trust worthy sites for spiders cause most sites are misinformed not at all updated, myths are circling round and round, no external links are set to get other opinions. If you can’t stand sight or anything on them all i can say is that its not your fault but the way you learned as a child from family or school teachers. I don’t believe to much psychiatrists said about fear of them during involvement of human species through time and …. why then we are not still afraid of the moon coming down on earth, thunders and all natural phenomena… or other beliefs…..the reason why is learning and knowing real facts hence mature knowledge…

I came up with a mother wolf one the first floor of my apartment ( 8 meters from ground close to tress – Athens Greece) with all her babies at the back- left her alone – nothing happened even if some of her little left her back ..never came indoors. The fact that a wolf carries 50 little ones means nothing from the 50 little 1 or 2 or none will survive and mature and in rural areas none cause they have many predators….

thnx…

By: Tryxie

Tryxie — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 02:21:05 +0000

We have Wolf Spiders in Michigan, and I almost always see them outdoors.This year however I have seen 3 in my apartment! I woke up four days ago with my face in a lot of pain, and what felt/looked like a small cyst…apparently it is from a Wolf Spider bite….

so one tried sharing my bed.I have never liked spiders…the bigger they are, the more they freak me out.But after this I intend to speak with our landlord about having a company come out and spray… ONCE bitten by a wolf is surely enough for me!

By: try this

try this — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 02:12:12 +0000

My son just got bit by a spider about two weeks ago. He is 4. At first we thought he was bit by a mosquito. then the next day his leg was fevered, painful and swollen and a red rash-type had moved up to the knee and down to the ankle. He was crying from the pain. He was bit on the back of the calf. About a year ago I bought a kit online called “Brown Recluse Spider Kit” It is Activated Charcoal and a mixture of herbs that draw poison out of the body through the bite.

My husband had used Neosporin and all that stuff! Nothing seemed to really help. So I pulled this kit out, followed the instructions, and day by day I watched the poison being drawn out by this stuff! Within a day, the swelling and fever had gone away. The pain was much less and he only cried the first couple of days when I would clean it. I had to change the charcoal out every 2 hours in the beginning. The bite itself had actually opened up into a blister and the poison just began seeping out as the charcoal drew it out! He felt so much better once we began using the kit.

Best thing I ever purchased! I have two kits and will buy more! It works for poison ivy, poison oak and other poisonous bites. Go online, research it, keep one in your home. The next time you get a bite – use it! You will be glad you did!!! And no, I don’t sell it or work for the company. I just know it worked!!

By: Shawnee

Shawnee — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:01:45 +0000

We have tons of wolf spiders around our home in VA. I too am looking for any ways to keep them out of the house because our 1 year cat keeps going after them. He has been bitten several times on his lips and they swell up but, it seems that with each bite the swelling is becoming worse. We thought he would associate pain with them every time he sees them but, he apparently keeps forgetting what they did to him before.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 01:58:51 +0000

Well it’s wolf season here in Ga. again. In late fall and and early spring every year I kill dozens in my basement which is a fully furnished one bed, one bath, full kitchen, in-law apartment. I have stepped on at least two dozen, late at night or first thing in the morning, with bare feet over the years. However, I have never been bitten. They don’t seem to be in anyway aggressive just big and ugly. I have used everything from chemicals to sprinkling cinnamon around the baseboards, to no avail.

This is the first time that I have googled them to see if they actually bite and how bad a bite could be. After reading up on their bite I will be trying the next best thing on the market, to try and get rid of them. Somehow, I think I am just stuck with the good old fly swatter method. If anyone has a tried and true method to stop them from getting in the house, I would appreciate any advice.

By: Kristina

Kristina — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:45:29 +0000

First off – BLECH! I hate spiders. Every fall I announce outside the front of my house that they are safe as long as they stay outside. They come in, however, and it’s ON!

Second – you can use shaved pieces of smelly soap around your ground level entrance ways and it will keep them out. My parents have a cellar way to their basement and they always seemed to come in there. Put the soap around the doors and windows, no spiders. YAY!

Third – ALWAYS SHAKE OUT YOUR SHOES! Years ago I got bit on the big toe because he was curled up in my fuzzy barn boot. Hurts like a mother and swelled up big time. No lasting effects, though. Well, except for him – he got the boot treatment all right – I was like the kid from A Christmas Story – just whacking away well after he was sufficiently squished.

Four – now I got the heebie jeebies so I’m outta here. I love fall, otherwise.