Wolf spiders are members of the family Lycosidae, a large group of ground-dwellinghunting spiders with more than two thousand species described worldwide. They do not match the monstrous image sometimesseen in movies; instead they are agile, mid-sized predators that earn their name from their ha...
Wolf spiders are among the most fascinating predators in the spider world. Instead of building webs to trap prey, these agile hunters chase their victims down on foot — a behavior that earned them their common name. Found across nearly every continent and habitat type, wolf spiders are highly adapt...