Chet Green, age 10, of Emmaus, Pennsylvania, for his question:

Does the wolf spider make a web?

The wolf spider is a born hunter, who catches his victims on the run. He has a battery of eight sharp eyes on his head to survey the scenery and eight long fast legs to run down his prey. No, the wolf spider does not build a web. After all, the mighty little hunter needs no trap to catch his food.

During the day, he dozes in the damp woods under a log or stone. Night is his time for hunting and soon after sunset, out he strides. This is the time when his favorite insects are likely to be out and about. What's more, this is a nice safe time to go hunting, for then the wasps that prey on spiders are sound asleep.