Rustic Wolf Spider Taken at Strathclyde Park on 29th June 2022 using Panasonic Lumix TZ70 in macro mode. Possibly some lunch in there! Female. Taken at Baron's Haugh on 15th May 2015 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode. Rustic Wolf Spider. Species: Order: Family: Trochosa ruricola. Araneae. Lycosidae. Description: Food: Size: Habitat: Flies/Found: Web: Both sexes are dark brown with a pale band running the length of the carapace and continuing to the first half of the abdomen. Females carry an egg sac around on their abdomen for around 3 weeks until spiderlings emerge and gather on the mother's back. Insects. Female: 15 - 25 mm. Male: 10+ Grassland, woodland, scrub, and lawns. April - June. None. Hunts on the ground.