#4186 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Cross Orbweaver

🇳🇱 Kruisspin ·Araneus diadematus

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © hedera.baltica · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © David Gil · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Thomas Barbin · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Holger Vaga · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Nerissa-Cesarina Urbani · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Thomas Bresson · CC BY 4.0
7. © Laurent Barthe · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Stephanie Bovee · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The spider species Araneus diadematus is commonly called the European garden spider , diadem spider , cross spider and crowned orb weaver . It is sometimes called the pumpkin spider , although this name is also used for a different species, Araneus marmoreus . It is an orb-weaver spider found in Europe and North America.

base stats

NL sightings 2,912iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 179,545iNaturalist 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).

fun facts

Spotted 2,912 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #1 most seen of the spiders & kin in NL.
179,545 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1758 (268 years ago).