Koch's wolf spider
Koch's wolf spider is a brown and grey hunter that runs fast over the ground. It does not build a web to catch food. Instead it chases insects, like a little wolf. The mother carries her babies around on her back.
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Fun facts
The mother carries her egg sac stuck to the back of her body. When the babies hatch, they ride on her back for several days.
It has eight eyes and very good eyesight for hunting.
Its strong, hairy legs help it run fast across open ground.
It uses silk only for its egg sac and hiding places, not for catching food.
It hunts during the day and sometimes comes indoors when it gets cold.
Most asked questions about Koch's wolf spider
?How big is Koch's wolf spider?
Its body is about 8 to 13 millimetres long.
?Does Koch's wolf spider make a web?
No. It hunts by running after its prey.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Alopecosa kochi
- Named by
- Keyserling, 1877
- Group
- Spiders
- Family
- Lycosidae
- Classification
- Arachnida > Araneae > Lycosidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Alopecosa kochi (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by xpda. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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