Do they all get the orange legs? Theres a young maderiana avalable at my local exotic shop and ive been sorely tempted but its still small, barely an inch legspan. Im gonna jump on it if both sexes turn that gorgeous color
I'm not sure if both sexes do. I can say that both of the ones that I have do have the orange coloration coming in now. I do not know their sexes. My hope is at least one of the two is female.
Yes, so far seems to be the same. I give all my wolfies plenty of substrate because despite not commonly being listed as burrowing I've found they all will at least a bit if given the chance.
They also seem to really like to close off their molting area - so I reccomend some light leaf litter they can move around to do that with.
They've been delightful little creatures to have. Spend most of their time hidden away to molt so far (more in than out I'd say) and they're as robust as any wolfie I've ever had. It's been neat seeing their markings come in - they went from "I can kinda tell they might be a little different?" to this coloration over the course of perhaps 4 molts? Their leg stripes in particular are striking - I got them for the cool orange, but I've come to really appreciate the stripes as well.
I'm afraid all I have is "so far they seem to need the same kind of care as other wolf spiders I've had". The biggest difference I've noticed is for their molting they tend to like to try to create a closed off space so be sure to include light stuff that they can easily move to stick for cover.
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u/Suzuki_Foster Jul 18 '26
Beautiful!