They use their silk to line the top of their burrows and prevent cave-ins. Scrub burrowing wolf spiders have a slow metabolism and can survive for days without eating. Scrub burrowing wolf spiders conserve energy year round by spending most of their life in the insulated burrow. Newly hatched male and female spiders stay in their mother's burrow and live on the reserves from their yolk sacks. When ready for a meal, adult females will rush out to pounce on passing prey.
Young males venture out at reproductive age in search of females, but die after mating.
Scrub burrowing wolf spiders can live for two years, which is longer than the one-year life span of most spiders. When building a home, scrub burrowing wolf spiders, unlike ants, do not pile sand up at their burrow entrances. Instead, they carry sand out with their mouth parts and distribute the grains evenly nearby. The burrow is simply a vertical tube about 20 cm deep with a small enlargement at the bottom. The enlargement not only gives the spider a place to turn around, but also provides room for the spider to eat prey and, in the case of a female, form her egg sack.