#4220 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Invisible Spider

🇳🇱 Schorskoloniespin ·Drapetisca socialis

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

1. © japulgar · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Vladimir Bryukhov · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Reflectitur Photons · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Jon J. Laysell · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Марина Горбунова-Ëлкина · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Staphorst, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
9. Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
10. 1325 ZA Almere, Nederland:© no rights reserved · CC0

what is it?

Drapetisca socialis is a species of spider belonging to the family Linyphiidae. It is distributed across most of the Palearctic region.

base stats

NL sightings 87iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,531iNaturalist 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 87 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #35 most seen of the spiders & kin in NL.
2,531 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833 (193 years ago).