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Leopard bear-spider

Arctosa leopardus (Sundevall, 1833)

Status not recordedspiders

The leopard bear-spider (Arctosa leopardus) is a species in the family Lycosidae, order Araneae. Recorded adults reach 1 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Cyprus and Germany.

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Quick facts about the leopard bear-spider

Weight
Not recorded
Length
5 mm – 1 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
wetlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Generations a year
Onesrc for Generations a year
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
2 countriessrc for Countries on record

How big is the leopard bear-spider?

LEOPARD BEAR-SPIDER · LENGTH 1 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 1 cm, the recorded maximum length of the leopard bear-spider is about 0.6% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

What does the leopard bear-spider eat, and what eats it?

Species recorded in published studies and collections.

Recorded prey of the leopard bear-spider

6 on record

  1. Lesteva sicula3 sources
  2. Ochthephilum fracticorne3 sources
  3. Meadow wolf spider Pardosa prativaga3 sources
  4. Pirate otter spider Pirata piraticus3 sources
  5. Pirata tenuitarsis3 sources
  6. Cytilus sericeus2 sources

Recorded predators of the leopard bear-spider

8 on record

  1. Common slow worm Anguis fragilis3 sources
  2. Lesteva sicula3 sources
  3. Myllaena dubia3 sources
  4. Ochthephilum fracticorne3 sources
  5. Paederus riparius3 sources
  6. Bledius rufipes2 sources
  7. Sand lizard Lacerta agilis2 sources
  8. Common grasshopper warbler Locustella naevia2 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 leopard bear-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 leopard bear-spider is listed for 2 countries.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. Cyprus
  2. Germany

Why a country list is not a range map

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

Is the leopard bear-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 leopard bear-spider classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderAraneae
  5. familyLycosidae
  6. genusArctosa
  7. SpeciesArctosa leopardus (Sundevall, 1833)

Synonyms Arctosa brevispina, Arctosa cambrica, Arctosa sericata, Lycosa leopardus

Other names and names in other languages (12)
  • slíďák levhartíCzech
  • LeopardedderkopDanish
  • Leoparden-WühlwolfGerman
  • rantaotsokkiFinnish
  • Arctosa léopardFrench
  • Arctose léopardFrench
  • leopardskrubbedderkoppNorwegian Bokmål
  • MoswolfspinDutch
  • Wymyk lamparciPolish
  • Арктоза-леопардRussian
  • strehúň leopardíSlovak
  • leopardspindelSwedish

Catalogue of LifeiNaturalistITISTAXREFWikidata

Relatives of the leopard bear-spider

Other species in the same genus Arctosa.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the leopard bear-spider?

An adult leopard bear-spider measures 5 mm – 1 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the leopard bear-spider live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the leopard bear-spider for 2 countries: Cyprus and Germany. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the leopard bear-spider?

The leopard bear-spider (Arctosa leopardus) belongs to the family Lycosidae in the order Araneae.

What eats the leopard bear-spider?

Animals recorded preying on the leopard bear-spider include common slow worm, lesteva sicula, myllaena dubia and ochthephilum fracticorne. The records are compiled by Global Biotic Interactions from published studies; each pair is reported by at least two datasets.

Which animals does the leopard bear-spider eat?

Animals recorded as prey of the leopard bear-spider include lesteva sicula, ochthephilum fracticorne, meadow wolf spider and pirate otter spider. 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). Leopard bear-spider (Arctosa leopardus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/leopard-bear-spider

MLA

“Leopard bear-spider (Arctosa leopardus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/leopard-bear-spider.

BibTeX
@misc{leopard_bear_spider_2026,
  title = {Leopard bear-spider (Arctosa leopardus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/leopard-bear-spider},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}