Wolf Spider

Description:

According to insectidentification.org "Adult Size (Length): 16mm to 25mm (0.63in to 0.98in) Identifying Colors: brown; black; tan; yellow"

Habitat:

Common through most of North America

Notes:

"The Wolf spider hunts at night, spending the daytime hiding in a burrow under stones, logs or other undisturbed places. They have been known to burrow in homes at times. Their large size makes them intimidating and feared. They are known to bite when handled, though their venom is not medically known to be very harmful to humans. Given their size, one can imagine the fangs are also proportionately large, adding to the pain of a bite. After mating in the fall, males die and females overwinter. They lay their eggs in the spring. Once hatched, spiderlings climb on the back of the female and spend the summer growing in size, but not to full maturity yet. Both mother and spiderlings overwinter together. The next summer, the spiderlings reach full size and maturity." Insectidentification.org