#4288 · 🕷️ spiders & kin
Leopard Bear-spider
🇳🇱 Moswolfspin ·Arctosa leopardus
🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in the Netherlands
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what is it?
Arctosa leopardus is a species of spiders belonging to the family Lycosidae that are native to Europe.
base stats
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).
fun facts
- Spotted 16 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 846 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Leopard Bear-spider
- Nederlands
- Moswolfspin
- scientific name
- Arctosa leopardus
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Araneae
- family
- Lycosidae
- sightings in NL
- 16
- sightings in Europe
- 382
- sightings worldwide
- 846
- GBIF records in NL
- 654
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Lycosidae
#4239 📷 10Sand Bear Spider
🇳🇱 Gewone zandwolfspin
Arctosa perita
👀 61 in NL
#4267 📷 10Burnt Wolf Spider
🇳🇱 Bosrandwolfspin
Xerolycosa nemoralis
👀 25 in NL
#4269 📷 10Kustwolfspin
Xerolycosa miniata
👀 25 in NL
#4270 📷 10Spotted Wolf Spider
🇳🇱 Tuinwolfspin
Pardosa amentata
👀 24 in NL
#4287 📷 10Northern Bear Spider
🇳🇱 Grindwolfspin
Arctosa cinerea
👀 16 in NL
#4295 📷 10Dikpootpanterspin
Alopecosa cuneata
👀 15 in NL
#4411 📷 10Rabid Wolf Spider
Rabidosa rabida
🌍 29.1k seen
#4417 📷 10Wetland Giant Wolf Spider
Tigrosa helluo
🌍 19.7k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 55469, Wikidata Q928319, GBIF 2147162, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.