#4267 · 🕷️ spiders & kin
Burnt Wolf Spider
🇳🇱 Bosrandwolfspin ·Xerolycosa nemoralis
🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Herkenbosch, Nederland
📍 Ede, Nederland
📍 Kootwijk, Nederland
📍 Kootwijk, Nederland
📍 Epe, Nederland
📍 Rozendaal, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Jan Grathwohl · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Jörg Hempel · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. © Gonçalo Andrade Hagland · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Herkenbosch, Nederland:© ロビン · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Ede, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Kootwijk, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Kootwijk, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Epe, Nederland:© Benno te Linde · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Rozendaal, Nederland:© Simon Hazenberg · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Xerolycosa nemoralis , or the burnt wolf spider , is a species of wolf spider found from western Europe eastwards to the Pacific.
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 25 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,598 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Niklas Westring in 1861 (165 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Burnt Wolf Spider
- Nederlands
- Bosrandwolfspin
- scientific name
- Xerolycosa nemoralis
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Araneae
- family
- Lycosidae
- sightings in NL
- 25
- sightings in Europe
- 1,043
- sightings worldwide
- 1,598
- GBIF records in NL
- 342
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1861 by Niklas Westring
relatives· Lycosidae
#4239 📷 10Sand Bear Spider
🇳🇱 Gewone zandwolfspin
Arctosa perita
👀 61 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
#4288 📷 8Leopard Bear-spider
🇳🇱 Moswolfspin
Arctosa leopardus
👀 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 196536, Wikidata Q1058603, GBIF 2147274, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.