Wolf Spider

Trochosa ruricola

Appearance

•  Adult female: 8 mm; male - 6 mm. They are generally brown to grey in colour.

Lifecycle

•  Wolf spider mothers carry their egg sacs around with them attached to spinnerets under the abdomen.
•  When the young spiderlings hatch, they climb onto their mother's back where they live for the first few weeks of life.

Habits

•  They hunt at night but spend the day hidden amongst moss and decaying matter.
•  They live in a shallow burrow, with an open and unadorned entrance.