Wolf spiders are members of the family Lycosidae. They are robust and agile hunters with excellent eyesight. They live mostly in solitude, hunt alone, and usually do not spin webs. Some are opportunistic hunters, pouncing upon prey as they find it or chasing it over short distances; others wait for passing prey in or near the mouth of a burrow.
The sac spiders of the family Clubionidae have a very confusing taxonomic history. Once, this family was a large catch-all taxon for a disparate collection of spiders, similar only in that they had eight eyes arranged in two rows and conical anterior spinnerets that touched, and were wandering predators that built silken retreats, or sacs, usually on plant terminals, between leaves, under bark, or under rocks. These are now recognized to include several families, some of which are more closely related to the three-clawed spiders, like lynx and wolf spiders, than to Clubionidae and related families.
Geolycosa is a genus of wolf spiders first described in 1904.
Pardosa tesquorum is a spider in the genus Pardosa, in the family Lycosidae . The distribution range of Pardosa tesquorum includes Russia, Mongolia, China, the US, and Canada.
Trochosa abdita is a spider in the family Lycosidae, in the infraorder Araneomorphae . It is found in the USA.
Pardosa hyperborea is a species of wolf spiders in the family Lycosidae. It is found in North America, Greenland, Europe, and Russia.
Arctosa raptor is a species of wolf spider in the family Lycosidae. It is found in Russia, Nepal, the USA, and Canada.
Arctosa emertoni is a species of wolf spiders in the family Lycosidae. It is found in the USA and Canada.
Geolycosa pikei is a species of wolf spider in the family Lycosidae from the United States. It can blend into sand, which it also burrows in. The spider can heal its wounds quickly.
Geolycosa micanopy is a species of wolf spider in the family Lycosidae. It is found in the United States.
Geolycosa gosoga is a species of wolf spider in the family Lycosidae. It is found in the United States.
Pardosa ramulosa is a species of wolf spider in the family Lycosidae. It is found in the United States and Mexico. The spider feeds primarily on prey near salt marsh habitat, and requires a varied diet.
Geolycosa ornatipes is a species of wolf spider in the family Lycosidae. It is found in the United States.
Geolycosa riograndae is a species of wolf spider in the family Lycosidae. It is found in the United States.
Geolycosa wrighti is a species of wolf spider in the family Lycosidae. It is found in the United States and Canada.
Geolycosa turricola is a species of wolf spider in the family Lycosidae. It is found in the eastern United States and as far west as Ohio. The spider has a two year life cycle, with copulation occurring in late summer.
Geolycosa fatifera is a species of wolf spider in the family Lycosidae. It is found in the United States.
Geolycosa patellonigra is a species of wolf spider in the family Lycosidae. It is found in the United States.
Schizocosa mccooki is a species of wolf spider in the family Lycosidae. They can be found from the west coast to western Lake Erie in western North America, including Canada, the United States, and Mexico.
Geolycosa hubbelli is a species of wolf spider in the family Lycosidae. It is found in the United States.
