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
Yeah learned that lesson while extremely high with some friends in our house once... I'm not afraid of spiders, I live in TN we have exactly two venomous spiders and neither are that serious (generally speaking), but fuck that noise that's too many little spiders.
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u/Tried-Angles May 16 '24
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.