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#4392 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Ladybird Spider

🇳🇱 Herfstvuurspin ·Eresus kollari

🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in Europe, not in NL
Ladybird Spider, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Fritz Geller-Grimm · CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

Eresus kollari is a spider species in the family Eresidae.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 2,008iNaturalist 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

  • No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
  • 2,008 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Friedrich W. Rossi in 1846 (180 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Ladybird Spider
Nederlands
Herfstvuurspin
scientific name
Eresus kollari
class
Arachnida
order
Araneae
family
Eresidae
sightings in NL
0
sightings in Europe
1,405
sightings worldwide
2,008
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1846 by Friedrich W. Rossi

relatives· Eresidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 202770, Wikidata Q794900, GBIF 4553016, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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