#4307 · 🕷️ spiders & kin
Ornamental Orbweaver
🇳🇱 Vale wielwebspin ·Larinioides patagiatus
9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Alison Place · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Richard J. Buist · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © dlmnlbm · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Stefanie Mückner · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 5. © Vladimir Bryukhov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Вотинцевы Елена и Сергей · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Stuart Tingley · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © Denis Doucet · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Rick Ballard · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Larinioides patagiatus is a species of orb weaver in the family Araneidae. It is found in North America, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia to Central Asia, China, Mongolia, and Japan.
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 12 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 7,014 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Ornamental Orbweaver
- Nederlands
- Vale wielwebspin
- scientific name
- Larinioides patagiatus
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Araneae
- family
- Araneidae
- sightings in NL
- 12
- sightings in Europe
- 979
- sightings worldwide
- 7,014
- GBIF records in NL
- 477
- 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 126514, Wikidata Q1759007, GBIF 2159207, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.