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Pardosa palustris

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Pardosa palustris is a species in the family Lycosidae, order Araneae. Recorded adults reach 7 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 3 countries: Iceland, Norway and Romania.

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Quick facts about Pardosa palustris

Weight
Not recorded
Length
5 mm – 7 mm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
By day (diurnal)
Generations a year
One
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
3 countriessrc for Countries on record

How big is Pardosa palustris?

PARDOSA PALUSTRIS · LENGTH 7 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 7 mm, the recorded maximum length of the pardosa palustris is about 0.4% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does Pardosa palustris 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.

Pardosa palustris is listed for 3 countries.

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

  1. Iceland
  2. Norway
  3. Romania

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Pardosa palustris 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 Pardosa palustris classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderAraneae
  5. familyLycosidae
  6. genusPardosa
  7. SpeciesPardosa palustris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Aranea flavo-trifasciata, Aranea palustris, Aranea pardosa, Lycosa albo-limbata, Lycosa exigua, Lycosa herbigrada, Lycosa herbigrada intermedia, Lycosa monticola, Lycosa palustris, Lycosa palustris islandica, Lycosa saccigera, Lycosa tarsalis, Lycosa tarsalis ehiki, Lycosa tarsalis herbigrada, Lycosa thoracica, Pardosa andersoni, Pardosa embriki, Pardosa exigua, Pardosa herbigrada, Pardosa monticola, Pardosa palustris herbigrada, Pardosa palustris islandica, Pardosa palustris palustris, Pardosa tarsalis, Pardosa tarsalis ehiki, Pardosa tarsalis subsp. herbigrada, Pardosa thoracica

Other names and names in other languages (12)
  • slíďák lučníCzech
  • WiesenlaufwolfGerman
  • suosusikkiFinnish
  • HnoðaköngulóIcelandic
  • 대륙늑대거미Korean
  • Pelkinis šuolininkasLithuanian
  • randulveedderkoppNorwegian Bokmål
  • MoeraswolfspinDutch
  • Wałęsak łąkowyPolish
  • Полевая пардозаRussian
  • sliedič lúčnySlovak
  • vitbrämad vargspindelSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Pardosa palustris

Other species in the same genus Pardosa.

Wolf spider

Pardosa nigriceps

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is Pardosa palustris?

An adult Pardosa palustris measures 5 mm – 7 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does Pardosa palustris live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Pardosa palustris for 3 countries: Iceland, Norway and Romania. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Pardosa palustris?

Pardosa palustris (Pardosa palustris) 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.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pardosa palustris (Pardosa palustris). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pardosa-palustris

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BibTeX
@misc{pardosa_palustris_2026,
  title = {Pardosa palustris (Pardosa palustris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pardosa-palustris},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}