This category contains articles about spiders that have a Palearctic native distribution, rather than being limited to particular continents or countries. The "Palearctic realm" includes Europe, temperate Asia and North Africa.

Spiders native to the Palearctic may also be found in categories covering larger areas:

• Category:Cosmopolitan spiders – spiders native worldwide
• Category:Holarctic spiders – spiders native to the Holarctic; includes North America and the Palearctic

For guidance on categorizing spiders by distribution, see Category:Spiders by location.