Wolf Spider

Order: Araneae
Family: Lycosidae
Genus: unknown
Species: unknown

Identifying Characteristics:

- They have eight eyes arranged in three rows. The bottom row consists of four small eyes, the middle row has two very large eyes and the top row has two medium-sized eyes.

- Coloration for their habitat: light brown to dark brown

- Stripped and hairy legs

- about 1/2 inch to 2 inches in length

Special Adaptations:

- They are robust and agile hunters with good eyesight
- Some are opportunistic wanderer hunters, which means they pounce upon prey as they
find it or chase it over short distances.
- Others lie in wait for passing prey, often from or near the mouth of a burrow.

- They live mostly solitary lives and hunt alone

- They carry their egg sacs by attaching them to their spinnerets

- nocturnal
- depend on camouflage for protection

- lurk most of the time in their burrows

- venomous

- Wolf spiders can be found in a wide range of habitats both coastal and inland. These include shrublands, woodland, wet coastal forest, alpine meadows, and suburban gardens.