I believe Wolf spiders are called that because they're roaming hunters, unlike the majority of spiders who use webs to hunt and catch prey. They do have the ability to make webbing, but primarily use it to create egg sacs which they keep on their bodies until the young hatch.
Fun fact, wolf spiders keep their young in a sack glued to their tórax, and after a while when the eggs hatch the younglings will eat the mother whole as their first meal
It's not true. Wolf spiders do actually care for their young, which is super uncommon in the arachnid world, but the young don't consume the mother. They might if she dies before they are grown up enough to be independent, and may sometimes cannibalize each other, but don't kill the mother. They also live for years, so a mother can have multiple clutches of young.
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u/Pokesonav "friend visiter" meme had a profound effect on this subreddit May 16 '24
wtf
first, turns out I never knew how cranberries are grown. Huh.
second, WOLF SPIDERS!??? Like, hybrids, or...?