#4192 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Grey Cross Spider

🇳🇱 Brugspin ·Larinioides sclopetarius

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

1. © Pascal Dubois · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Tony Iwane · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Benedikt · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Ken-ichi Ueda · CC BY 4.0
6. © Shayna Marchese · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
7. © Maddie Michaud (Tregenza) · CC BY 4.0
8. © Jay Solanki · CC BY 4.0
9. © levi · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Larinioides sclopetarius , commonly called bridge spider or gray cross spider , is a relatively large orb-weaver spider with holarctic distribution that is often found on bridges, especially near light and over water. The species tends to live on steel objects and is seldom seen on vegetation.

base stats

NL sightings 644iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 28,042iNaturalist 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).