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The abdomen has one stripe of the same color. Other parts of the spider are yellow. [4] The females are larger than males, and have a body length of about an inch, while the males' body length is about half an inch. The species has eight eyes: four above, and four below, which look more like a spider's moustache. [5]
However, wolf spiders usually only bite when they feel threatened or mishandled. [13] Wolf spiders have been found to be a vital source of natural pest control for many people's personal gardens or even homes, since the wolf spider preys on perceived pests such as crickets, ants, cockroaches, and in some cases lizards and frogs. [14]
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Males and females look alike in color, but differ in size and genitals. [4] Adult females have a cephalothorax carapace some 4–5 mm wide and some 6–7 mm long on average. Quite unusually for spiders in general, adult males are about 20% larger. Still, as usual for wolf spiders the females are more robustly built, wider-bodied and shorter-legged.
Tigrosa helluo, commonly known as the Wetland Giant Wolf Spider, is a species of spider belonging to the family Lycosidae, also known as wolf spiders. T. helluo was formerly known as Hogna helluo before differences between dorsal color patterns, habitat preferences, body structures, etc. were discovered. [ 2 ]
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Schizocosa mccooki is a large wolf spider with the body length ranging between 9.1–15.5 mm (0.36–0.61 in) for males and 9.6–22.7 mm (0.38–0.89 in) for females. [6] The carapace ranges in color from gray to light brown with a pale median band, black lateral bands, and pale submarginal bands that sometimes extend to the margins.