How to Use wolf spider in a Sentence

wolf spider

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  • If bitten by a wolf spider, the wound should not be bandaged.
    — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 3 May 2023
  • But other species, such as shrubs and the wolf spider, are thriving.
    — Christina Nunez, National Geographic, 19 June 2019
  • When they're found in homes, wolf spiders tend to live in basements, crawlspaces and breezeways.
    — Caroline Blackmon, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2018
  • Some other names for the wolf spider are the ground spider and the hunting spider.
    — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 3 May 2023
  • Storm and Lima bred crickets that had never seen a wolf spider before.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 9 Feb. 2010
  • Pascoe said the timing to catch such a sight really depends upon the species of wolf spider.
    — Bill Jones, chicagotribune.com, 19 Oct. 2021
  • To lower the chances of a wolf spider living in your home, avoid clutter, such as piles of clothing or cardboard boxes.
    — Carrie Madormo, Health, 6 Sep. 2025
  • An attempt to eradicate a wolf spider led to an apartment fire and residents looking for new homes.
    — William Axford, Houston Chronicle, 9 Jan. 2018
  • Frequently Asked Questions How hard do wolf spiders bite?
    — Carrie Madormo, Health, 6 Sep. 2025
  • If a pregnant female is exposed to a wolf spider, her experiences affect her unborn young.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 9 Feb. 2010
  • The two most common spider bites are from house spiders, specifically the jumping spider and wolf spider.
    — Emilia Benton, Women's Health, 30 June 2023
  • The wolf spider, Pardosa glacialis, may become one of those that benefit from climate change, for example.
    — Jules Howard, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Some other names for the wolf spider are the Ground Spider and the Hunting Spider.
    — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 3 May 2023
  • Fortunately for the researchers (though not the research spiders), playing dead is a typical wolf spider come-on.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 23 Aug. 2017
  • Iberian tarantulas, which are a type of wolf spider, live in arid regions of the Iberian Peninsula.
    — Nala Rogers, Scientific American, 27 Jan. 2014
  • The wolf spider, garden spider and the house spider are most common in Tampa, Florida.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 16 Mar. 2026
  • According to The Spruce, female wolf spiders lay around 100 eggs after mating.
    — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2024
  • For their experiment, Preston, Yap, and other students on the team used a thin needle to inject air into a dead wolf spider’s prosoma.
    — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 28 July 2022
  • Enlarge / Rice University graduate student Faye Yap with a deceased wolf spider for use as a necrobotic gripper.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 29 July 2022
  • In this case, Dickman says, wolf spiders eat other insects that dunnarts also like to eat, so hunting wolf spiders not only provides a tasty meal but also removes a source of competition for other food.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 11 Apr. 2023
  • When the eight-eyed wolf spider birthed more than 100 babies in his girlfriend's living room, Skyler Hutto had to use all his powers of persuasion to convince her not to slaughter them all.
    — Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 16 Sep. 2025
  • People in North Texas are also likely to come across wolf spiders, garden spiders and even tarantulas, especially during the warmer months like July and August.
    — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Apr. 2026
  • According to the Penn State Department of Entomology, fishing spiders are similar to wolf spiders in size, shape and color.
    — Justin L. MacK, Indianapolis Star, 7 June 2018
  • One display relates the history of the tarantella, a traditional Italian dance that began as a form of musical exorcism to cure wolf spider bites; visitors can practice the steps on a small dance floor with the help of an instructional video.
    — Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Matt Persons, an arachnologist at Susquehanna University who has studied mating strategies in wolf spiders, found the results fascinating.
    — National Geographic, 19 Mar. 2018
  • According to National Geographic, stunning new calculations show that in the Arctic tundra, arctic wolf spiders outweigh arctic wolves in biomass by a ratio of 80 to 1.
    — Elly Belle, Teen Vogue, 24 July 2018

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