Great fox-spider
Alopecosa fabrilis (Clerck, 1757)
Status not recordedspiders
The great fox-spider (Alopecosa fabrilis) is a species in the family Lycosidae, order Araneae. Recorded adults reach 1.47 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the great fox-spider
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- 1 cm – 1.47 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)src for Active
- Generations a year
- Onesrc for Generations a year
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the great fox-spider?
Where does the great fox-spider live?
Not recorded
Is the great fox-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 great fox-spider classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classArachnida
- orderAraneae
- familyLycosidae
- genusAlopecosa
- SpeciesAlopecosa fabrilis (Clerck, 1757)
Synonyms Alopecosa solitaria, Aranea fabrilis, Araneus fabrilis, Lycosa fabrilis, Lycosa melanogaster, Tarantula fabrilis, Tarentula fabrilis, Tarentula fabrilis
Other names and names in other languages (7)
- slíďák vřesovištníCzech
- Broget kæmpejægerDanish
- Sand-ScheintarantelGerman
- isoleokkiFinnish
- alfavargedderkoppNorwegian Bokmål
- Grote panterspinDutch
- alfavargspindelSwedish
Relatives of the great fox-spider
Other species in the same genus Alopecosa.
Common fox spider
Alopecosa pulverulenta
Wolf spider
Alopecosa aculeata
White-banded fox spider
Alopecosa albofasciata
Koch's wolf spider
Alopecosa kochi
Easter fox spider
Alopecosa barbipes
Painted wolf spider
Alopecosa pictilis
CompareGreat fox-spider vs Common fox spiderGreat fox-spider vs Wolf spiderGreat fox-spider vs White-banded fox spiderGreat fox-spider vs Koch's wolf spider
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the great fox-spider?
An adult great fox-spider measures 1 cm – 1.47 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the great fox-spider?
The great fox-spider (Alopecosa fabrilis) 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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