#4283 · 🕷️ spiders & kin
Lace-Weaver Spider
🇳🇱 Muurkaardespin ·Amaurobius similis
🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 15111 Malpica, La Coruña, España
📍 Upton St Leonards, Gloucester GL4, UK
📍 158 St, Surrey, BC, CA
📍 Barcelona, España
📍 Crouy-sur-Ourcq, France
📍 77320 Saint-Rémy-la-Vanne, France
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Desmond Ney · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. © mkg733 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. 15111 Malpica, La Coruña, España:© David Gil · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Upton St Leonards, Gloucester GL4, UK:© Tone Killick · CC BY 4.0
- 7. 158 St, Surrey, BC, CA:© iamnothelenmirren · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Barcelona, España:© bertogcliment · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Crouy-sur-Ourcq, France:© Julien Bottinelli · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 77320 Saint-Rémy-la-Vanne, France:© Julien Bottinelli · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Amaurobius similis is a species of spider in the family Amaurobiidae.
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 17 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 3,845 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by John Blackwall in 1861 (165 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Lace-Weaver Spider
- Nederlands
- Muurkaardespin
- scientific name
- Amaurobius similis
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Araneae
- family
- Amaurobiidae
- sightings in NL
- 17
- sightings in Europe
- 708
- sightings worldwide
- 3,845
- GBIF records in NL
- 270
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1861 by John Blackwall
relatives· Amaurobiidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 213316, Wikidata Q1646677, GBIF 2141617, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.