Spoiler alert: this represents a huge upside for wolf spiders.

Every time I see a big wolf spider running around my house, I pause for a moment, shoe in hand, and wonder whether I'm better off adopting a live and let live approach and letting it live as a domesticated exterminator, or just offing it due to the instinctual spider aversion I possess. The verdict: as long as they stay away from my sleeping quarters and clothes, they have carte blanche.

I also wonder in a century or two, in the suburbs of America, if Hogna aspersa will be as common and as beloved as the house cat.