#4209 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Giant House Spider

🇳🇱 Gewone huisspin ·Eratigena atrica

🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Sean McCann · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Lutautami · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Kim Falck · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © mariaholm · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Allan MacMillan · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Philipp · CC BY 4.0
7. Amsterdam, Oude Haagseweg:© peterschiphof · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Groningen, NL:© niekgr · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 3925 Scherpenzeel, Nederland:© Rob C. H. M. Oudejans · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 2022 BB Haarlem, Netherlands:© emerix · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

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base stats

NL sightings 150iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 16,800iNaturalist 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 150 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #24 most seen of the spiders & kin in NL.
16,800 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1843 (183 years ago).