#4234 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Mile End Jumping Spider

🇳🇱 Ovale Dennenspringer ·Macaroeris nidicolens

🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Sergey Khm · CC BY 4.0
2. © Nadja Baumgartner · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Nadja Baumgartner · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Stefan Spring · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Keith Martin-Smith · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © portioid · CC BY 4.0
7. Rembrandtkwartier, 2282 Rijswijk, Netherlands:© Weetzel · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Nieuwegein, Wijkersloot, 3431 GZ Nieuwegein, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Artis/Holocaustmuseum, 1018 DB Amsterdam, Niederlande:© Ole N. · CC BY 4.0
10. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Macaroeris nidicolens is a species of jumping spider that occurs from Europe to Central Asia.

base stats

NL sightings 67iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,076iNaturalist 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 67 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #49 most seen of the spiders & kin in NL.
4,076 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1802 (224 years ago).