Lycosidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Trochosa  C. L. Koch, 1847   9 species

Trochosa spinipalpis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895)

Description

Palp male: tibia ventrally with 6-15 robust spines. Prosoma with bright, yellowish median band and dark lateral bands. Two dark, longish oval stripes in anterior half of bright median band. Opisthosoma dark brown-reddish with dark, indistinct cardiac mark.

Body length male: 6-8 mm
Body length female: 9-12 mm
Additional information

Active during the night, in damp meadows.

This species can bite humans when accidently squeezing them. The bite is painful as a wasp sting. Also a moderate local epidermal swelling has been reported.

Trochosa characteristics

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), China, Japan
Phenology
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
 male  female
approximately 2 years old and adult all the year round
Figures
Distribution List
Austria   (Buchar & Thaler, 1997) ||| Azerbaijan   (Otto, 2022) ||| Belarus   (Ivanov, 2013) ||| Belgium   (Bosmans & Van Keer, 2017) ||| Czechia   (Růžička & Řezáč, 2022a) ||| Denmark   (Scharff & Gudik-Sørensen, 2006) ||| Estonia   (Vilbaste, 1987) ||| Finland   (Koponen et al., 2016) ||| France   (Le Peru, 2007) ||| Georgia   (Otto, 2022) ||| Germany   (Blick et al., 2016) ||| Hungary   (Samu & Szinetár, 1999) ||| Ireland   (Lavery, 2019) ||| Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Latvia   (Cera, 2018) ||| Liechtenstein   (Arnold, 2001) ||| Lithuania   (Biteniekytė & Rėlys, 2012) ||| Luxembourg   (Kreuels et al., 2019) ||| Montenegro   (Naumova et al., 2019a) ||| Netherlands   (van Helsdingen, 2025a) ||| Northern Ireland   (Lavery, 2019) ||| Norway   (Aakra & Hauge, 2003) ||| Poland   (Rozwałka & Stanska, 2008) ||| Romania   (Weiss & Petrișor, 1999) ||| Russia, Central   (no references) ||| Russia, Eastern   (Esyunin & Efimik, 1996a) ||| Russia, Kaliningrad Region   (Schikora, 1997) ||| Russia, Northern   (no references) ||| Russia, Southern   (Otto, 2022) ||| Russia, Western   (no references) ||| Serbia   (Ćurčić et al., 2007) ||| Slovakia   (Gajdoš et al., 1999) ||| Slovenia   (Kostanjšek & Kuntner, 2015) ||| Sweden   (Kronestedt, 2001) ||| Switzerland   (Maurer & Hänggi, 1990) ||| Ukraine   (Fedoriak & Zhukovets, 2011) ||| United Kingdom   (Lavery, 2019) |||
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