Hook’s Wandering Spider Captive Bred

Description

Hook’s Wandering spider is Lauricius hooki and is in the family zoropsidae.

Now offering captive-bred spiderlings of this species to the hobby for the first time ever! 2nd instars are currently taking D. melanogaster fruit flies, no problem.

Adults have inch-plus legspans and are very bulky spiders, but they are presently available as captive-bred spiderlings as noted above.

They are nocturnal hunters that rest on the trunks of trees, waiting for passing prey. They hide under bark by day or in burrows that they probably occupy, rather than dig themselves.

Misting the habitat every day or two and into the substrate is recommended.

Like most spiders, they eat anything smaller than them.

We do not recommend handling anything that can bite you and though they are not known to be of medical significance, it is possible this hasn’t been studied since these spiders have never been seen in the hobby before.

Photos at Bugguide.Net.