#4222 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Four-spot Orbweaver

🇳🇱 Viervlekwielwebspin ·Araneus quadratus

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what is it?

Araneus quadratus , the four-spot orb-weaver , is a common orb-weaver spider found in Europe and Central Asia, and as far as the Kamchatka Peninsula and Japan. Females can reach 17 mm in length, especially when gravid, males approximately half that. They are quite variable in appearance, ranging from brown to bright orange or green, but they always have the characteristic four white spots on the abdomen. The darker color morphs are easiest to identify, due to the contrast...

base stats

NL sightings 84iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 12,477iNaturalist 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 84 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #37 most seen of the spiders & kin in NL.
12,477 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1757 (269 years ago).