---
title: "Pirate Otter Spider"
description: "Pirata piraticus — Owady i pająki. Pirata piraticus is a species of wolf spider in the family Lycosidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/pirate-otter-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pirate Otter Spider

> Pirata piraticus — Owady i pająki. Pirata piraticus is a species of wolf spider in the family Lycosidae.

- Scientific name: *Pirata piraticus*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2675
- Wikidata: [Q140678](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140678)
- iNaturalist taxon: [128746](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/128746)

## Names

- en: Pirate Otter Spider
- de: Piratenspinne
- fr: Pirate commune
- nl: Poelpiraat

## Countries with the most observations

US (126), CA (102), DE (62), FR (38), GB (32), RU (25), DK (13), PL (13), BY (7), NL (7), CZ (5), ES (5)

## Summary

Pirata piraticus is a species of wolf spider in the family Lycosidae. It is found in North America, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, a range from Russia (European to Far East), Central Asia, China, and Japan.

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

## Photo

![Pirate Otter Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pirate-otter-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Liubov Ilminska · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/117549558

## Machine access

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