Wolf spider
Pardosa nigriceps (Thorell, 1856)
Status not recordedspiders
The wolf spider (Pardosa nigriceps) is a species in the family Lycosidae, order Araneae. Recorded adults reach 6.8 mm in length.
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Quick facts about the wolf spider
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- 4.5 mm – 6.8 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
- Generations a year
- Onesrc for Generations a year
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the wolf spider?
Where does the wolf spider live?
Not recorded
Is the 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 wolf spider classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classArachnida
- orderAraneae
- familyLycosidae
- genusPardosa
- SpeciesPardosa nigriceps (Thorell, 1856)
Synonyms Lycosa nigriceps
Other names and names in other languages (15)
- Black-palp wolf spiderEnglish
- Black-Palped wolf spiderEnglish
- slíďák vřesovýCzech
- hedejægerDanish
- Schwarzkopf-WolfspinneGerman
- Schwarzkopf-LaufwolfGerman
- Schwarzköpfige WolfspinneGerman
- kanervasusikkiFinnish
- Pardose à tête noireFrench
- ズグロドクグモJapanese
- hanskeulveedderkoppNorwegian Bokmål
- graswolfspinDutch
- Паучиха-леопардица черноголоваяRussian
- sliedič vresovýSlovak
- ljungvargspindelSwedish
Relatives of the wolf spider
Other species in the same genus Pardosa.
Wolf spider
Pardosa amentata
Arctic wolf spider
Pardosa glacialis
Meadow wolf spider
Pardosa prativaga
Pond wolf spider
Pardosa pseudoannulata
Shore spider
Pardosa milvina
Groenland wolf spider
Pardosa groenlandica
CompareWolf spider vs Wolf spiderWolf spider vs Arctic wolf spiderWolf spider vs Meadow wolf spiderWolf spider vs Pond wolf spider
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the wolf spider?
An adult wolf spider measures 4.5 mm – 6.8 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the wolf spider?
The wolf spider (Pardosa nigriceps) 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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