Spotted wolf spider
The spotted wolf spider is a small brown spider with darker spots. It does not make a web. Instead it runs after its prey and pounces, just like a little wolf.
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Fun facts
It has eight eyes. Four of them look forward, so it can see its prey very well.
The mother carries her eggs in a round silk ball tied under her body.
After hatching, the babies ride on their mother's back until they are big enough.
A boy waves his front feelers like a dance to say hello to a girl.
On sunny spring days it warms itself on patches of bare soil.
Most asked questions about Spotted wolf spider
?Does the spotted wolf spider make a web?
No. It hunts by running and jumping on its prey.
?Where can I find a spotted wolf spider?
In gardens, meadows and damp grassy places in Europe. In winter it sometimes comes into houses.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Pardosa amentata
- Named by
- Clerck
- Group
- Spiders
- Family
- Lycosidae
- Classification
- Arachnida > Araneae > Lycosidae
- Lives on
- Europe
- Also known as
- Wolf spider
Where the facts come from
- Pardosa amentata (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 AfroBrazilian. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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