#4302 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Angular Orbweaver Spider

🇳🇱 Schouderkruisspin ·Araneus angulatus

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what is it?

Araneus angulatus is a species of orb-weaving spiders found in the Palaearctic. It resembles the European garden spider, Araneus diadematus , but has distinctive tubercles on its abdomen. The species was first described in Aranei Svecici in 1757, where it was the first species described, making Araneus angulatus the first scientific name of an animal that is still in use.

base stats

NL sightings 13iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 9,138iNaturalist observations

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).