#4347 · 🕷️ spiders & kin
Northern Yellow Sac Spider
🇳🇱 Gele spoorspin ·Cheiracanthium mildei
🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Althangrund, Wien, Österreich
📍 Via Lasagna, Gambettola, Emilia-Romagna, IT
📍 88 Van Gurpin Ln, West Coxsackie, NY 12192, USA
📍 Геленджик, Краснодарский край, Россия
📍 Hinterhof
📍 4150-016 Porto, Portugal
📍 Варна, Болгария
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 2. © Richard Bartz · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. © Syrio · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Althangrund, Wien, Österreich:© carnifex · CC BY 4.0
- 5. Via Lasagna, Gambettola, Emilia-Romagna, IT:© Eddi Bisulli · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. 88 Van Gurpin Ln, West Coxsackie, NY 12192, USA:© Charlie Ashwood · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 7. Геленджик, Краснодарский край, Россия:© Krylenko VV · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Hinterhof:© Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 4150-016 Porto, Portugal:© André Lobo · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Варна, Болгария:© victorsh · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Cheiracanthium mildei is a species of spider from the Eutichuridae family. C. mildei is commonly known as the northern yellow sac spider , a name it shares with many other spiders of its genus.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 1 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 27,479 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1864 (162 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Northern Yellow Sac Spider
- Nederlands
- Gele spoorspin
- scientific name
- Cheiracanthium mildei
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Araneae
- family
- Cheiracanthiidae
- sightings in NL
- 1
- sightings in Europe
- 1,097
- sightings worldwide
- 27,479
- GBIF records in NL
- 10
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1864 by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 61869, Wikidata Q739787, GBIF 2164198, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.