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Wolf spider

Pardosa nigriceps

442Records since 2000
JunePeak month
37Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr21
May87
Jun164
Jul59
Aug33
Sep12
Oct3
Nov0
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England58
2Pembrokeshire Wales38
3Dorset England35
4Worcestershire England29
5Gwynedd Wales28
6Highland Scotland27
7Ceredigion Wales27
8Cambridgeshire England18
9Isle of Anglesey Wales16
10Gloucestershire England14
11Surrey England12
12Fife Scotland9
13Angus Scotland9
14Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland8
15Swansea Wales7
234 England56 Scotland139 Wales9 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 37 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
442
Peak month
June
Counties with records
37
Scientific name
Pardosa nigriceps
Group
Spiders
NBN Atlas records since 2000
425
Most recorded in
Cornwall
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Family
Lycosidae
Genus
Pardosa
Name with authority
Pardosa nigriceps (Thorell, 1856)
Described
1856

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1761277 · GBIF 2146194