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Common sheetweb spider

🇳🇱 Herfsthangmatspin ·Linyphia triangularis

🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in the Netherlands
Common sheetweb spider, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Linyphia triangularis is a European species of spider in the family Linyphiidae.

base stats

  • NL sightings 19iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 6,075iNaturalist 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 19 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 6,075 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Common sheetweb spider
Nederlands
Herfsthangmatspin
scientific name
Linyphia triangularis
class
Arachnida
order
Araneae
family
Linyphiidae
sightings in NL
19
sightings in Europe
1,648
sightings worldwide
6,075
GBIF records in NL
1,428
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1758 by Carl Alexander Clerck

relatives· Linyphiidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 199374, Wikidata Q135646, GBIF 2136609, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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