The scary-looking, ominously-named wolf spider is actually a beneficial insect. Wolf spiders belong to the class Arachnida and are members of the family Lycosidae (derived from the Greek word lycos, ...

If you saw a brownish colored spider with dark markings crawling through the grass toward you, could you tell if it was a ...

Wolf spiders (Lycosa Sp.) such as this one have great eyesight thanks to their two large forward-facing eyes plus six more! Instead of making webs to catch prey, wolf spiders are solitary hunters that ...