#4285 · 🕷️ spiders & kin
Black Laceweaver
🇳🇱 Grote Kaardespin ·Amaurobius ferox
🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Brandeis, Waltham, MA 02453, USA
📍 Irishtown Rd, Halifax, NS, CA
📍 Hinterhof
📍 Montgomery, Maryland, United States
📍 New Jersey, US
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Even Dankowicz · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Manfred Auer · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Tone Killick · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © michi1 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Brandeis, Waltham, MA 02453, USA:© Even Dankowicz · CC BY 4.0
- 7. Irishtown Rd, Halifax, NS, CA:© Renee MacQuarrie · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Hinterhof:© Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Montgomery, Maryland, United States:© Zachary Dankowicz · CC BY 4.0
- 10. New Jersey, US:© cemeterysquatter · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Amaurobius ferox , sometimes known as the black lace-weaver , is a spider belonging to the family Amaurobiidae. It is distributed in Europe and North America and has been introduced into New Zealand.
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 16 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 9,559 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1830 (196 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Black Laceweaver
- Nederlands
- Grote Kaardespin
- scientific name
- Amaurobius ferox
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Araneae
- family
- Amaurobiidae
- sightings in NL
- 16
- sightings in Europe
- 1,923
- sightings worldwide
- 9,559
- GBIF records in NL
- 512
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1830 by Charles Athanase Walckenaer
relatives· Amaurobiidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 127022, Wikidata Q2128637, GBIF 2141593, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.