#kukulcania

[onenicebugperday]

@unorthodoxsavvy submitted: I saved this friend from the elevator and other students who probably wouldn’t have treated it as kindly as I did. Found in Eastern North Carolina. Would you mind IDing? Sorry for the blurry photo, was worried about someone trying to kill it (and actually had someone offer to while I was trying to save it). Plus carpet is just not a good background for bug photos.

She is a rather hungry female southern house spider, Kukulcania hibernalis. I am glad you helped her! Hopefully she was put in a safer place where she can find a meal and a drink.

[morbidsmenagerie]

Absolutely gorgeous Kukulcania hibernalis, they're one of my favorite true spiders. You can just barely see the iridescence on the legs, and these pics really show off how soft and velvety she looks.

[bestanimal]

Oh I almost forgot, here’s my own personal arachnid propaganda: I have 11 of them as pets. 7 tarantulas and 4 true spiders.

I’m sure most people have already voted, but in case you’re still on the fence, here are my children. I don’t have good pics of them all (and I can’t post more than 10 anyway) but:

Figueroth - Brachypelma klaasi - “Mexican Pink Beauty”

Yet unnamed Brachypelma emilia - “Mexican Redleg”

Houdini - Brachypelma boehmei - “Mexican Fireleg”

Clifford - Brachypelma hamorii - “Mexican Redknee”

Pookie - Brachypelma albiceps - “Golden Red Rump”

Yet unnamed Tlitocatl vagans - “Mexican Red Rump”

Bambalam - Grammostola pulchra - “Brazilian Black”

Yet unnamed Phidippus mystaceus

Blueberry - Eresus ruficapillus - “Italian Velvet Spider”

🕷

Jolene - Kukulcania arizonica - “Black Hole Spider”

Sold to me as an “Arizona Wolf Spider”, I believe she’s probably a Hogna carolinensis - “Carolina Wolf Spider”

(I used to have more than just, uh, Brachypelma and Brachypelma-adjacent tarantulas; the Brachys have just outlived the others lol)

[herpsandbirds]

hello again! saw this spider today and I've never seen one like it, so I'm not sure what it was! about an inch in diameter from foot to foot. ne oklahoma for I'd!

Spider ID - OK, USA:

Oh this one is easy. I've seen a lot of these. Its a male Southern House Spider (Kukulcania hibernalis), family Filistatidae. The females are larger and black. They are not harmful to people.

Species Kukulcania hibernalis - Southern House Spider - BugGuide.Net

southern house spider - Kukulcania hibernalis Hentz

[crevicedwelling]

Hello to you and all your wonderful invertebrate friends! I was wondering if you knew anything about keeping wild-caught spiders or know of someone who might? I've recently gotten attached to a female Southern House Spider that's been living in a crevice under the rim of our field house bathtub. I had been concerned that she wouldn't be able to catch much food in her current location and attempted to relocate her outside, but after about 3 days she had managed to find her way right back! I worry that, once our field season is over, the property owners might kill her if they find her while cleaning... Is it possible to keep this species in captivity? And if so, do you know of any specific husbandry requirements/sources that would be useful to know, or is a general understanding of spider-keeping enough to start with?

I am assuming you mean Kukulcania hibernalis, which has that common name in the US.

a plastic box or kritter Keeper type enclosure should be fine, a bit of substrate and something hollow to make a nest in (a bit of bark, paper towel tube, wood). they’re actually decently well-kept for a common native species, and you can probably find some threads on their care on Arachnoboards like this: https://arachnoboards.com/threads/caring-for-kukulcania-hibernalis.227272/

(I have not read this)

they seem like hardy spiders, so a bit of water now and then and some crickets for food might be all she needs. I’ve heard they can live for many years which is unusual but quite welcome for true spiders which are usually annuals

[arachnophanatic]

Not 100% on the ID for this one but I think southern house spider / Kukulcania hibernalis.

[carrionhand]

Should I purchase...

A water scorpion (Ranatra sp.)

A black hole spider (Kukulcania arizonica)

A colony of bess beetles (Passalidae sp.)

A group of striped diving beetles (Thermonectus nigrofasciatus)

A Mojave spiny flower mantis (Pseudocreobotra wahlbergi)

[bogsuckerecologist]

I am now officially the caretaker of a Southern House Spider (Kukulcania hibernalis)!

This little friend has been living in a hole in our field house wall just under the rim of the bathtub for several months. I ended up getting pretty attached to her and started feeding her deer flies I caught while out surveying. Unfortunately, she picked a very visible spot to put her original web, and we're all certain that she'd likely be killed by the property owner or another tenant soon after we leave this month. I can't leave her to that fate in good conscience, so she's coming with me!

Here she is on her temporary Tube House just after I managed to catch her:

Got her officially all set up in her enclosure with her perfect little cholla wood house last night. She's already setting up webbing, so I think the new house is a success! Also added a nice bit of diftwood I found on survey to act as some anchor points for her new web :)

(And yes, her little water dish is a miniature bathtub - I wanted her to feel at home)

[shriveledradish]

A lot of invertebrates rarely move

Copper the southern house spider (Kukulcania hibernalis) is a prime example of that.

Here is a video of her moving for the first time in like a week.

I love southern house spiders though

[bleedingmolars]

kukulcania hibernalis are so cute i cant

[jennrosefx]

I’ve had Webbie Reynolds since 2016. She just keeps going. (Same goes for my other Kukulcania, Scarrie Fisher). They’re just the coolest spiders. Big, beautiful, gentle, and so long lived! #kukulcania #spider https://www.instagram.com/jennrosefx/p/CXaHQ86LANL/?utm_medium=tumblr

[onenicebugperday]

@shriveledradish submitted: Thought you might want to see this spider I saved from my school

Pretty sure it's a female southern house spider, I think I'll keep her as a pet since apparently they are everywhere around my school

I definitely think she's younger since she's so much smaller than images of them

If I'm wrong with the species, I would love to know:)

She's definitely in the Kukulcania genus, which includes southern house spiders, but I can't confirm that ID without a location. I can confirm that she's perfect and I love her :)

[morbidsmenagerie]

Gorgeous Kukulcania at the Insectarium.

[zion-national-park-unofficial]

Met a friend at work today! First time I've ever let a spider crawl on me. Was pleasantly surprised at how not scary it was.

We have all sorts of visitors like this in the visitor center, always be mindful of your surroundings! These little guys deserve a place here more than you (a tourist) do.

[labbbugs]

April 19th, 2018 (109/365)

Look what I found at work! A nice little male Southern house spider (Kukulcania hibernalis)! He was starting to wander looking for a mate so I brought him home to give him to Trixie. 

[jessgofffff]

I made a new friend today!

(Kukulcania Hibernalis)