#4231 · 🕷️ spiders & kin
Humped orbweb spider
🇳🇱 Boomknobbelspin ·Gibbaranea gibbosa
📍 1935 Egmond-Binnen, Nederland
📍 Nijverdal, Nederland
📍 Kootwijk, Nederland
📍 Egmond aan Zee, Nederland
📍 Drunen, Nederland
📍 Bronneger, Netherlands
📍 Klazienaveen
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © portioid · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Mark Gurney · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 3. © floriangutsch · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. 1935 Egmond-Binnen, Nederland:© Arnold Wijker · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Nijverdal, Nederland:© ロビン · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Kootwijk, Nederland:© ロビン · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Egmond aan Zee, Nederland:© ロビン · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Drunen, Nederland:© ロビン · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Bronneger, Netherlands:© Rainer Breitling · CC BY 4.0
- 10. Klazienaveen:© ivarholdtman · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Gibbaranea gibbosa is a species of orb-weaver spider in the genus Gibbaranea .
base stats
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 73 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #46 most seen of the spiders & kin in NL.
- 1,981 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Humped orbweb spider
- Nederlands
- Boomknobbelspin
- scientific name
- Gibbaranea gibbosa
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Araneae
- family
- Araneidae
- sightings in NL
- 73
- sightings in Europe
- 1,596
- sightings worldwide
- 1,981
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,258
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Araneidae
#4186 📷 8Cross Orbweaver
🇳🇱 Kruisspin
Araneus diadematus
👀 2.9k in NL
#4190 📷 10Wasp Spider
🇳🇱 Wespenspin
Argiope bruennichi
👀 1.1k in NL
#4192 📷 9Grey Cross Spider
🇳🇱 Brugspin
Larinioides sclopetarius
👀 644 in NL
#4194 📷 10Walnut Orbweaver
🇳🇱 Platte wielwebspin
Nuctenea umbratica
👀 532 in NL
#4208 📷 7Cricket-bat Orbweaver
🇳🇱 Driestreepspin
Mangora acalypha
👀 179 in NL
#4211 📷 10Zilla Orbweaver
🇳🇱 Maskerspinnetje
Zilla diodia
👀 145 in NL
#4212 📷 10Furrow Orbweaver
🇳🇱 Rietkruisspin
Larinioides cornutus
👀 130 in NL
#4215 📷 10Gorse Orbweaver
🇳🇱 Brede wielwebspin
Agalenatea redii
👀 109 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 61763, Wikidata Q1646063, GBIF 2158811, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.