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Family Lycosidae
Wolf spiders
This is a very
large and common family ground dwelling, foraging spiders that, with a few
exceptions, do not build webs. They live in leaf litter, under rocks and
there are many burrowing species including some with turrets at the mouth of
their burrows and some with trapdoors (Central Asia). Web weavers build
sheet webs similar to agelenid spiders.
Wolf spiders have
a characteristic eye pattern with 2 large and 6 smaller eyes, carry their
egg sacs attached to their spinnerets and the babies ride on their mother
for a few days after emerging from the egg sac.
They are not
considered to be dangerous. Bites can cause inflammation and there may be
some local tissue damage.
Very little is
known about their venoms. |
