what is a wolf spider
A Wolf spider is a member of the group of spiders whose scientific name is the Lycosidae. Lycos means wolf in Latin. These spiders get their name from the way they hunt, which the people who named them thought was like the way wolves hunt.However, wolves hunt in packs but spiders are solitary animals. Their way of hunting is more like that of solitary cats such as the cheetahs.he eyes of a wolf spider -- note that they are not all the same size. The eyes of a wolf spider seen from the front. The eyes of a spider that is not a wolf spider. There are several kinds of spiders that look almost like wolf spiders. The best way to be sure is to look at the eyes.
Wolf spiders are members of the family Lycosidae, from the Ancient Greek word  Î»ÏÎºÎ¿Ï  meaning wolf. They are robust and agile hunters with excellent eyesight. They live mostly solitary and hunt alone.n general their coloration is appropriate to their favorite habitat. Hogna is the genus with the largest of the wolf spiders. Among the Hogna species in the U.S., the nearly solid dark brown H. carolinensis (Carolina wolf spider) is the largest, with a body that can be more than one inch long.