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Bark Sac Spider

🇳🇱 Schorszakspin ·Clubiona corticalis

🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in the Netherlands
Bark Sac Spider, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Pascal Dubois · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Clubiona corticalis , the bark sac spider , is a species of spider belonging to the family Clubionidae.

base stats

  • NL sightings 9iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 543iNaturalist 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 9 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 543 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1802 (224 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Bark Sac Spider
Nederlands
Schorszakspin
scientific name
Clubiona corticalis
class
Arachnida
order
Araneae
family
Clubionidae
sightings in NL
9
sightings in Europe
242
sightings worldwide
543
GBIF records in NL
571
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1802 by Charles Athanase Walckenaer

relatives· Clubionidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 538406, Wikidata Q150259, GBIF 2143871, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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