#4271 · 🕷️ spiders & kin
Ant Comb-Footed Spider
🇳🇱 Heidesteatoda ·Asagena phalerata
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what is it?
Asagena phalerata is a species of cobweb spider in the family Theridiidae. It is found throughout Europe and Eurasia, as far east as Korea. They are typically found in sparsely vegetated environments.
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 23 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,644 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer in 1801 (225 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Ant Comb-Footed Spider
- Nederlands
- Heidesteatoda
- scientific name
- Asagena phalerata
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Araneae
- family
- Theridiidae
- sightings in NL
- 23
- sightings in Europe
- 1,133
- sightings worldwide
- 1,644
- GBIF records in NL
- 680
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1801 by Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer
relatives· Theridiidae
#4195 📷 10False Black Widow
🇳🇱 Grote steatoda
Steatoda grossa
👀 521 in NL
#4218 📷 7Common House Spider
🇳🇱 Broeikasspin
Parasteatoda tepidariorum
👀 98 in NL
#4225 📷 10Common candy-striped spider
🇳🇱 Gewone tandkaak
Enoplognatha ovata
👀 81 in NL
#4230 📷 7Banded Comb-Footed Spider
🇳🇱 Slanke kogelspin
Anelosimus vittatus
👀 75 in NL
#4244 📷 7Rabbit Hutch Spider
🇳🇱 Koffieboonspin
Steatoda bipunctata
👀 45 in NL
#4250 📷 10Triangulate Combfoot
🇳🇱 Huissteatoda
Steatoda triangulosa
👀 40 in NL
#4253 📷 10Noble False Widow
🇳🇱 Reuzensteatoda
Steatoda nobilis
👀 38 in NL
#4284 📷 7False Pirate Spider
🇳🇱 Zwartringkogelspin
Platnickina tincta
👀 17 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 538188, Wikidata Q1768787, GBIF 4550726, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.