Description
- Common Name: Egyptian Wolf Spider
- Scientific Name: Lycosidae sp.
- Locality/Morph: Wild type
- Sex: Unknown
- Age: Mixed
- Source: Wild Caught
- Native Range: North Africa – primarily Egypt and surrounding regions
- Natural Habitat: Deserts, scrublands, rocky areas, and sandy soils
- Diet: Insects and other small invertebrates
- Basking Temperature: Not required – maintain 26–30 °C warm area
- Ambient Temperature: 24–28 °C (night drop to ~20–22 °C)
- Average Adult Size: 2–4 cm body length (up to 6–7 cm leg span depending on species)
The Egyptian Wolf Spider (Lycosidae sp.) is a member of the wolf spider family, known for their keen eyesight, speed, and active hunting behaviour. Unlike web-building spiders, wolf spiders are agile ground hunters that stalk and ambush their prey. Found in arid and semi-arid regions of Egypt, they inhabit sandy soils, rocky outcrops, and scrubland where they dig shallow burrows or hide under stones.
In captivity, Egyptian Wolf Spiders require a horizontally oriented enclosure with a deep, dry substrate of sand or soil for burrowing and cover items such as bark, stones, or cork. They thrive in warm conditions with a daytime temperature in the mid to high 20s°C, with modest night drops. Humidity should be kept low to moderate (40–60%), in line with their natural desert environment, while ensuring a small water source is always available.
Their diet consists of appropriately sized live insects such as crickets, roaches, or mealworms. Wolf spiders are active hunters with a strong feeding response and fascinating to observe as they stalk and pounce on their prey.
Wolf spiders are not suitable for handling due to their speed and defensive bite, though they are not considered medically significant. Females may live up to 2–3 years, while males usually have shorter lifespans.
Livestock Delivery:
Livestock is delivered in our own heated reptile courier vans. Delivery time from ordering will depend on your location and when we next have a van in your area, this will usually be a maximum of 2 weeks. You will receive a date and time slot by phone or email, so please ensure you enter these correctly at checkout. Delivery fee for livestock depends on location, prices start at £45. Livestock orders over £500 (+VAT) are delivered free of charge.
Livestock Sale Terms:
If multiple animals are in stock then not all will be pictured, so the photo above may not be exact animal available.
All prices are per individual unless otherwise stated. All livestock is subject to availability, whilst we try to keep the website as up to date as possible errors may happen, in this situation you will be contacted to arrange a refund/alternative.
Errors can happen with sexing and morph identification. Should this be discovered before leaving us you are entitled to a refund. After the animal leaves us it is the customers responsibility to inform us within 48 hours of the animals arrival. Failing to do so may lose the customers eligibility for a refund.
It is the customers responsibility to have the correct setup available and ready for the animal, if you need any advice please do get in touch. We have the right to request proof of setup at any time, failure to provide an image of an appropriate setup or any image at all, may result in a full order cancellation and refund.
Guarantee for all inverts & amphibians is 24 hours. All other livestock is 48 hours. If issues/concerns are notified upon delivery, then this may be extended. All health related queries will be subject to a full investigation should an issue arise. Failing to provide us with the information we request may void any form of guarantee. If we find reason from the information that its injury or death was caused by negligence or incorrect husbandry then the guarantee may be void. Should death or abnormalities occur then you must inform us as soon as possible. In the unlikely event that an animal passes away please photograph the dead body and freeze until you have heard from us. If death or illness occurs after 7 days, and no health issues were reported, then Ridgeway will not be held responsible.
We have the right to refuse any sale, refund or guarantee at any time if we feel it is necessary.
Livestock sales are for customers aged 18+, if under this age you must have prior parent permission. If we have any reason to suspect this is not the case we will contact you before the animal is released.
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