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A hunter that ditched webs to chase you down on foot.
means A spider that doesn't spin a web to catch prey but instead actively stalks and pounces on it, often carrying its egg sac and young on its back.
from The name is a straight translation of the scientific family Lycosidae, from the Greek 'lykos,' meaning wolf — chosen because early naturalists imagined these spiders hunting down their prey like wolves rather than trapping it in webs. The wolf-as-hunter image stuck across languages, and English simply borrowed the picture.
- eyeshine
- Eight eyes glow eerily under flashlight beams
- mom mode
- Carries babies on her back like cargo
- no web
- Stalks and pounces instead of trapping prey
- egg sac
- Females haul eggs attached to their spinnerets
pardosa wolf spider — genus with over 500 species, most abundant hunting spider in meadows and grasslands worldwide
lycosa singoriensis — large central asian wolf spider, up to 2.5cm body length, hunts on ground at night
hogna carolinensis — largest wolf spider in north america, found across usa and mexico with 22mm body length