#4208 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Cricket-bat Orbweaver

🇳🇱 Driestreepspin ·Mangora acalypha

🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Paulo Alves · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Анатолий Озерной /Anatoliy Ozernoy · CC BY-SA 4.0
3. © Martin Galli · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Анатолий Озерной /Anatoliy Ozernoy · CC BY-SA 4.0
5. © Drriss & Marrionn · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © Suso Tizón · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. © David Gil · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Mangora acalypha is a species of spider in the family Araneidae, found throughout the Palearctic region.

base stats

NL sightings 179iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 16,731iNaturalist 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 179 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #23 most seen of the spiders & kin in NL.
16,731 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1802 (224 years ago).