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#4335 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Triangle Crab Spider

🇳🇱 Struikkameleonspin ·Ebrechtella tricuspidata

🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in the Netherlands
Triangle Crab Spider, photo 1 of 7
1/7 © V.S. Volkotrub · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Ebrechtella tricuspidata is a species of crab spiders belonging to the family Thomisidae....

base stats

  • NL sightings 8iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 10,617iNaturalist 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 8 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 10,617 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775 (251 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Triangle Crab Spider
Nederlands
Struikkameleonspin
scientific name
Ebrechtella tricuspidata
class
Arachnida
order
Araneae
family
Thomisidae
sightings in NL
8
sightings in Europe
8,244
sightings worldwide
10,617
GBIF records in NL
513
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1775 by Johan Christian Fabricius

relatives· Thomisidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 360081, Wikidata Q288564, GBIF 2166830, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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