#4287 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Northern Bear Spider

🇳🇱 Grindwolfspin ·Arctosa cinerea

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Manuel Raab · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © RUFRAY Maël · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © ZwierzyniecWQE · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Ralph Martin · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Laura Pogorzelska · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Lancashire, UK:© Luke D Chambers · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Village Grigoleti, Georgia:© giorgi_iankoshvili · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Jastarnia, Poland:© breslauer · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Richmond:© geordie123 · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Mönchgut, Deutschland:© wp-polzin · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Arctosa cinerea is one of the most conspicuous wolf spider of central Europe, with a palearctic distribution and also found in Congo. The spider reaches a length of 17 mm (males only 14 mm), and occurs only on sandy beaches of rivers, lakes and oceans. Its grey-brown color makes for a good camouflage, and so it is not often seen, even if it wanders around during daylight. They dig holes in the ground, which they cover with silk,...

base stats

NL sightings 16iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,313iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).