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Coelotes terrestris

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Coelotes terrestris is a species in the family Agelenidae, order Araneae. Recorded adults reach 1.3 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Germany.

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Quick facts about Coelotes terrestris

Weight
Not recorded
Length
8 mm – 1.3 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forest
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is Coelotes terrestris?

COELOTES TERRESTRIS · LENGTH 1.3 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 1.3 cm, the recorded maximum length of the coelotes terrestris is about 0.8% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does Coelotes terrestris 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.

Coelotes terrestris is listed for 1 country.

Germany
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Germany

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Coelotes terrestris 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 Coelotes terrestris classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderAraneae
  5. familyAgelenidae
  6. genusCoelotes
  7. SpeciesCoelotes terrestris (Wider, 1834)

Synonyms Amaurobius subterraneus, Amaurobius terrestris, Amaurobius tigrinus, Aranea terrestris, Coelotes atropos, Coelotes pabulator, Coelotes roscidus, Coelotes subterraneus, Coelotes tigrinus

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • BjørnetragtspinderDanish
  • Gewöhnliche BodentrichterspinneGerman
  • Coelote terrestreFrench
  • Gewone bostrechterspinDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Coelotes terrestris

Other species in the same genus Coelotes.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is Coelotes terrestris?

An adult Coelotes terrestris measures 8 mm – 1.3 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does Coelotes terrestris live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Coelotes terrestris for 1 country: Germany. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Coelotes terrestris?

Coelotes terrestris (Coelotes terrestris) belongs to the family Agelenidae in the order Araneae.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Coelotes terrestris (Coelotes terrestris). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/coelotes-terrestris

MLA

“Coelotes terrestris (Coelotes terrestris).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/coelotes-terrestris.

BibTeX
@misc{coelotes_terrestris_2026,
  title = {Coelotes terrestris (Coelotes terrestris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/coelotes-terrestris},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}