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Labyrinth spider

Agelena labyrinthica (Clerck, 1757)

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The labyrinth spider (Agelena labyrinthica) is a species in the family Agelenidae, order Araneae. Recorded adults reach 1.65 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Japan.

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Quick facts about the labyrinth spider

Weight
Not recorded
Length
8 mm – 1.65 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grassland, human_modifiedsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is the labyrinth spider?

LABYRINTH SPIDER · LENGTH 1.65 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 1.65 cm, the recorded maximum length of the labyrinth spider is about 1.0% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Which animals does the labyrinth spider eat?

Species recorded in published studies and collections.

Recorded prey of the labyrinth spider

3 on record

  1. Eyed Labybug Anatis ocellata3 sources
  2. Two-spot ladybird Adalia bipunctata2 sources
  3. Seven-spot ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2 sources

Each pair is recorded by at least two independent datasets. A record shows the animal was seen or found to have eaten the other, including scavenged carcasses and young animals; it does not say how often. Compiled by Global Biotic Interactions (CC0 1.0).

References for these records

Where does the labyrinth 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 labyrinth spider is listed for 1 country.

Japan
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Japan

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: WSC (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

Is the labyrinth 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 labyrinth spider classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderAraneae
  5. familyAgelenidae
  6. genusAgelena
  7. SpeciesAgelena labyrinthica (Clerck, 1757)

Synonyms Agalena labyrinthica, Agealena labyrinthica, Agelena labyrinthiea, Agelena pinetorum, Agelena tubicola, Aranea furcata, Aranea labyrinthica, Aranea liliigera, Aranea riparia, Aranea roeselii, Aranea röselii, Araneus labyrinthicus, Dolomeda montana, Theridium maxillare

Other names and names in other languages (28)
  • Агелена лабірынтаваяBelarusian
  • pokoutník nálevkovitýCzech
  • LabyrintedderkopDanish
  • Stor labyrintedderkopDanish
  • LabyrinthspinneGerman
  • Große LabyrinthspinneGerman
  • Harilik lehterämblikEstonian
  • niittysuppilohämähäkkiFinnish
  • niittysopikkiFinnish
  • Agélène labyrintheFrench
  • Agélène à labyrintheFrench
  • Labirintski paukCroatian
  • illó tölcsérpókHungarian
  • Ragno dei labirintiItalian
  • イナズマクサグモJapanese
  • 대륙풀거미Korean
  • Labirintinis PiltuvininkasLithuanian
  • Labirinta zirneklisLatvian
  • labyrintedderkoppNorwegian Bokmål
  • LabyrintspinDutch
  • Gewone doolhofspinDutch
  • Lejkowiec labiryntowyPolish
  • Паук лабиринтовыйRussian
  • kútnik lievikovitýSlovak
  • veliki lijakarSlovenian
  • labyrintspindelSwedish
  • Huni ÖrümcekTurkish
  • 迷宮漏斗蛛Chinese

Catalogue of LifeiNaturalistITISTAXREFWikidata

Relatives of the labyrinth spider

Other species in the same genus Agelena.

CompareLabyrinth spider vs Gaerdes's Agelena grass funnel-web spiderLabyrinth spider vs Agelena annulipedellaLabyrinth spider vs Agelena atlanteaLabyrinth spider vs Agelena australis

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the labyrinth spider?

An adult labyrinth spider measures 8 mm – 1.65 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the labyrinth spider live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the labyrinth spider for 1 country: Japan. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the labyrinth spider?

The labyrinth spider (Agelena labyrinthica) belongs to the family Agelenidae in the order Araneae.

Which animals does the labyrinth spider eat?

Animals recorded as prey of the labyrinth spider include eyed labybug, two-spot ladybird and seven-spot ladybird. The records are compiled by Global Biotic Interactions from published studies; each pair is reported by at least two datasets.

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). Labyrinth spider (Agelena labyrinthica). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/labyrinth-spider

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BibTeX
@misc{labyrinth_spider_2026,
  title = {Labyrinth spider (Agelena labyrinthica)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/labyrinth-spider},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}