#4273 · 🕷️ spiders & kin
Marbled Orbweaver
🇳🇱 Marmerspin ·Araneus marmoreus
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what is it?
Araneus marmoreus , commonly called the marbled orb-weaver , is a species of spider belonging to the family Araneidae. It is sometimes also called the pumpkin spider from the resemblance of the female's inflated abdomen to an orange pumpkin. It has a Holarctic distribution.
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 22 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 30,079 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1757 (269 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Marbled Orbweaver
- Nederlands
- Marmerspin
- scientific name
- Araneus marmoreus
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Araneae
- family
- Araneidae
- sightings in NL
- 22
- sightings in Europe
- 3,165
- sightings worldwide
- 30,079
- GBIF records in NL
- 923
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1757 by Carl Alexander Clerck
relatives· Araneidae
#4186 📷 8Cross Orbweaver
🇳🇱 Kruisspin
Araneus diadematus
👀 2.9k in NL
#4190 📷 10Wasp Spider
🇳🇱 Wespenspin
Argiope bruennichi
👀 1.1k in NL
#4192 📷 9Grey Cross Spider
🇳🇱 Brugspin
Larinioides sclopetarius
👀 644 in NL
#4194 📷 10Walnut Orbweaver
🇳🇱 Platte wielwebspin
Nuctenea umbratica
👀 532 in NL
#4208 📷 7Cricket-bat Orbweaver
🇳🇱 Driestreepspin
Mangora acalypha
👀 179 in NL
#4211 📷 10Zilla Orbweaver
🇳🇱 Maskerspinnetje
Zilla diodia
👀 145 in NL
#4212 📷 10Furrow Orbweaver
🇳🇱 Rietkruisspin
Larinioides cornutus
👀 130 in NL
#4215 📷 10Gorse Orbweaver
🇳🇱 Brede wielwebspin
Agalenatea redii
👀 109 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 120183, Wikidata Q263978, GBIF 2159970, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.