#4223 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Eurasian Green Crab Spider

🇳🇱 Groene krabspin ·Diaea dorsata

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0
2. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Mick Talbot · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Kazimieras Martinaitis · CC BY 4.0
6. © Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas · CC BY 4.0
7. 2912 CM Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, Paesi Bassi:© Andrea Adelfio · CC BY 4.0
8. Wageningen, NL:© invasive_nerd · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Velp, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Wageningen, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Diaea dorsata is one of the smaller crab spiders, with a palearctic distribution. Females can grow up to 6 mm, males up to 4 mm. Prosoma and legs are green, the opisthosoma is yellowish with a brown mark. Like Misumena vatia , this spider can change its color to fit its surrounding; however, this takes several days.

base stats

NL sightings 82iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,601iNaturalist 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 82 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #39 most seen of the spiders & kin in NL.
7,601 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1777 (249 years ago).