Wolf Spider

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The wolf spiders are members of the family Lycosidae.

Contents

1 Description
2 Habits
3 Distribution
4 Trivia
5 Additional photos
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

Description

1. egg case
2. chelicerae
3. pedipalps

They resemble nursery web spiders (family Pisauridae), but they carry their egg sacks by attaching them to their spinnerets (instead of by means of their jaws and pedipalps).

Some wolf spiders are very small, 0.2" or smaller, and others are rather large, 1" or more. Hogna carolinensis (the "Carolina wolf spider") is the largest U.S. species, with a body that can be more than one inch long.

Habits

Except for the genus Sosippus, these spiders do not use their silk to make a snare. Some use their silk to line a tubular tunnel in the ground. Some take regular shelter in natural crevices. Still others spend their entire lives wandering around with no fixed abode. Unlike many other spiders, they have good vision and they chase their prey.

Female wolf spiders carry their eggs along with them in spherical, silk s attached to their spinnerets. After the eggs hatch, the multitude of tiny spiders climb onto their mother's , where she carries them for a considerable period of time.

Distribution

This family of spiders is found worldwide.

Trivia

The Lycos search engine draws its name from the wolf spider's scientific name, Lycosa, as this Genus pursues its prey, as opposed to trapping quarry in a web.

Additional photos

Image:Wolf spider.jpg|The back of a burrowing wolf spider Image:Wolf spider tunnel.jpg|The silken tunnel of a burrowing wolf spider Image:Wolf spider&egg sac02.jpg|Wolf spider and egg sac Image:Wolf spider&egg sac03.jpg|Wolf spider and egg sac Image:Wolf spider&egg sac.jpg|Wolf spider and egg sac Image:Lycosa_helluo.jpg|Hogna helluo Image:Wolf spider with young.jpg|Wolf spider with young Image:Hogna_frondicola.jpg|Hogna frondicola

References

Kaston, Barbara J., John Bamrick, Edward T. Cawley, and Wm. G. Jacques. How to Know the Spiders. Third Edition. McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, 1978. ISBN 0697048985

External links

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