#4242 · 🕷️ spiders & kin
Purseweb Spider
🇳🇱 Gewone mijnspin ·Atypus affinis
🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Tilburg, Bleukbosweg, 5036 NA Tilburg, Nederland
📍 Dieren, Nederland
📍 Outer Area, Baarn, Utrecht, NL
📍 6877 AB Deelen, Holandia
📍 Hilversum, Nederland
📍 6874 Wolfheze, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Ludivine Lamare · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © osoandino · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Clément Laval · CC BY 4.0
- 5. Tilburg, Bleukbosweg, 5036 NA Tilburg, Nederland:© Wendy de Beer · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Dieren, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Outer Area, Baarn, Utrecht, NL:© listo66 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 6877 AB Deelen, Holandia:© Julia Czapla · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Hilversum, Nederland:© Robbert van 't Veldt · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 6874 Wolfheze, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The purseweb spider ( Atypus affinis ) is a common mygalomorph spider from Europe.
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 52 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 776 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Karl Eichwald in 1830 (196 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Purseweb Spider
- Nederlands
- Gewone mijnspin
- scientific name
- Atypus affinis
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Araneae
- family
- Atypidae
- sightings in NL
- 52
- sightings in Europe
- 568
- sightings worldwide
- 776
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,983
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1830 by Karl Eichwald
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 318905, Wikidata Q136961, GBIF 5171650, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.