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title: "Garden Wolf Spider"
description: "Anoteropsis hilaris — Insects & spiders. Anoteropsis hilaris, commonly referred as the garden wolf spider or the grey wolf spider, is a species of wolf spider that is endemic to New Zealand."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/garden-wolf-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Garden Wolf Spider

> Anoteropsis hilaris — Insects & spiders. Anoteropsis hilaris, commonly referred  as the garden wolf spider or the grey wolf spider,  is a species of wolf spider that is endemic to New Zealand.

- Scientific name: *Anoteropsis hilaris*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `urban` (Towns & gardens)
- iNaturalist observations: 848
- Wikidata: [Q3159987](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3159987)
- iNaturalist taxon: [385722](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/385722)

## Names

- en: Garden Wolf Spider

## Countries with the most observations

NZ (392)

## Summary

Anoteropsis hilaris, commonly referred  as the garden wolf spider or the grey wolf spider,  is a species of wolf spider that is endemic to New Zealand.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoteropsis_hilaris

## Photo

![Garden Wolf Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/garden-wolf-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hanwen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/323947018

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/garden-wolf-spider?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).