![]() They are sensitive to vibrations which means they know when there is movement around them. They use it to protect, hunt and engage in mating. Wolf spiders are known for their keen senses. Their diet consists of crickets, small insects, earwigs, grasshoppers, flies, and ants. First, they locate their prey, then they attack and pounce on them. These spiders with their excellent eyesight and fast running skills hunt down the prey. This will prevent water from entering their holes. There are wolf spiders that cover their nests with pebbles and leaves when the monsoon starts. ![]() Some wolf spiders dig burrows and live inside them. There are wolf spiders that have specific habitat needs like gravel beds, herb fields, and specific type of temperature. They can be found in the inlands, coastal areas, woodland, shrublands, alpine meadows, wet coastal forests, suburban gardens, as well as residential areas. There are as many as 2300 types of wolf spider species alone in the world. ![]() The wolf spiders have the ability to survive in different types of habitats. They can be black, orange, brown and even grey in color. The front portion of the cephalothorax has the fangs, mouth, eyes, pedipalps (or the mini legs). The legs are all connected to the cephalothorax. Just like any other spider, these come with eight legs. The reproductive and the digestive system is present in the abdomen part of the body. One being the cephalothorax and the other is the abdomen. The body of a wolf spider is divided into two parts. The female wolf spiders are much bigger than the male wolf spiders. Their body color fits perfect with the surroundings. The wolf spider is known for their camouflage body color. Soon after the eggs hatch, the spiderlings are born and hang on to their mother’s legs. The wolf spiders care for their young ones like no one. No matter how many eggs the female wolf spider is carrying, it will still be fast enough to catch its prey. This helps the spider carry its unborn babies everywhere it goes. The egg sac is globular in shape and hangs from the end of the abdomen, and they are connected with the spinnerets. These spiders carry around their own eggs. Their body is covered in hair which helps them to detect touch. The wolf spiders are nothing like the other arachnids they have a powerful vision. There are four small eyes in the bottom row, two huge sized eyes in the middle row and on the top row there are two more eyes which are medium sized. The wolf spiders have as many as eight eyes distributed in three rows. Just like a wolf, the wolf spiders take a leap at its prey after chasing them around. Sometimes they grow as big as two inches. Their size usually lies between a 1/4 inch to one and a half inches. Wolf spiders vary from one another in size. Read along to see what wolf spiders are capable of. They don’t pose a lot of threat to humans unless they feel cornered and threatened. The venom of a wolf spider is enough to paralyze their prey. These spiders are highly venomous, which means they kill their prey with the venom present in their body. Wolf spiders come in contact with female wolf spiders during the mating season. They live their lives far away from others including their own kind. The wolf spiders possess several kinds of personalities, and that is possible within the same type of species.
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