Burnt wolf spider
Xerolycosa nemoralis (Westring, 1861)
Status not recordedspiders
The burnt wolf spider (Xerolycosa nemoralis) is a species in the family Lycosidae, order Araneae. Recorded adults reach 7.5 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Japan.
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Quick facts about the burnt wolf spider
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- 4.5 mm – 7.5 mmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- grasslandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Active
- Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
How big is the burnt wolf spider?
Where does the burnt wolf spider live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The burnt wolf spider is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: WSC (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
Is the burnt wolf spider endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the burnt wolf spider classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classArachnida
- orderAraneae
- familyLycosidae
- genusXerolycosa
- SpeciesXerolycosa nemoralis (Westring, 1861)
Synonyms Lycosa alpica, Lycosa flavipes, Lycosa nemoralis, Lycosa nivalis, Lycosa pulverulenta, Saitocosa flavitibia, Tarentula flavitibia, Tarentula meridiana, Tarentula nemoralis, Tarentula nivalis, Xerolycosa flavitibia, Xerolycosa meridiana
Other names and names in other languages (14)
- slíďák světlinovýCzech
- Skov-sandjægerDanish
- WaldwolfspinneGerman
- Großer SonnenwolfGerman
- nummihukakkiFinnish
- モリコモリグモJapanese
- 흰줄늑대거미Korean
- Miškinis dykrinukasLithuanian
- skrentulveedderkoppNorwegian Bokmål
- BosrandwolfspinDutch
- Pogoniec lesiecPolish
- Ксероликоза леснаяRussian
- strehúnik svetlinovýSlovak
- hedjaktspindelSwedish
Relatives of the burnt wolf spider
Other species in the same genus Xerolycosa.
CompareBurnt wolf spider vs Dune wolf spiderBurnt wolf spider vs Xerolycosa mongolicaBurnt wolf spider vs Xerolycosa sansibarinaBurnt wolf spider vs Xerolycosa xinjiangensis
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the burnt wolf spider?
An adult burnt wolf spider measures 4.5 mm – 7.5 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the burnt wolf spider live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the burnt wolf spider for 1 country: Japan. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the burnt wolf spider?
The burnt wolf spider (Xerolycosa nemoralis) belongs to the family Lycosidae in the order Araneae.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe · CC BY 4.0 · 2.0
Chauvier, Y., Adde, A., Bergamini, A. et al. (2025) TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15063844
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