There are nearly 250 species of wolf spiders in the U.S. and Canada. These spiders don’t spin webs to catch their prey.

After this, the spiderlings leave their mothers and go off alone. Male wolf spiders typically live for one year or less, while females can live for several years. To compare a wolf spider and a ...

Male wolf spiders (Schizocosa stridulans) that improvise intricate dance moves are big winners in the mating game, wooing females with showstopping tap routines. Now, new research finds that the ...

Scientists in Uruguay have discovered that male wolf spiders eat older females - the first time biologists have seen roles reversed in the wild. Many different species of spiders are noted for the ...

In the study, published in this month's issue of the journal Biology Letters, scientists showed that male wolf spiders will eavesdrop on a male opponent to learn their mating dance moves and in ...

David Clark, a biology professor at Alma College, shed new light on male wolf spiders’ courtship behavior, finding the “spiders eavesdrop on their male counterparts and copy courtship signals ...

But, the action doesn't stop there! This study, from 2006, describes a separate behavior adopted by male wolf spiders to avoid sexual cannibalism: playing dead! Known in scientific circles as ...

This is a male wolf spider, common to the eastern US and Canada, on leaf litter. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert!

Male wolf spiders that engage in a complex “dance” performance when they encounter a receptive female are more successful in courtship, a new study has found. Across the animal kingdom ...

That's because the players are hairy wolf spiders that ... about its weaver to a spider that can read the cues. In the experiments, females faced with an enthusiastic male or silk from another ...

ALMA -- Research led by Alma College professor David Clark has shed new light on the courtship behavior of male wolf spiders. Supported by a National Science Foundation grant, the study ...