#4336 · 🕷️ spiders & kin
Eurasian Armoured Long-jawed Spider
🇳🇱 Herfstspin ·Metellina segmentata
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what is it?
Metellina segmentata is a spider in the Tetragnathidae family with a Palaearctic distribution. It has also been introduced to Canada.
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 8 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 7,227 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Eurasian Armoured Long-jawed Spider
- Nederlands
- Herfstspin
- scientific name
- Metellina segmentata
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Araneae
- family
- Tetragnathidae
- sightings in NL
- 8
- sightings in Europe
- 556
- sightings worldwide
- 7,227
- GBIF records in NL
- 354
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Tetragnathidae
#4246 📷 7Shaded Orbweaver
🇳🇱 Holenwielwebspin
Metellina merianae
👀 44 in NL
#4260 📷 10Common Stretch Spider
🇳🇱 Gewone strekspin
Tetragnatha extensa
👀 33 in NL
#4274 📷 10Degeer's Thickjaw
🇳🇱 Kleine dikkaak
Pachygnatha degeeri
👀 22 in NL
#4330 📷 10Blunt Stretch Spider
🇳🇱 Droogtestrekspin
Tetragnatha obtusa
👀 9 in NL
#4344 📷 8European cave spider
🇳🇱 Gewone grottenspin
Meta menardi
👀 2 in NL
#4403 📷 7Orchard Orbweaver
Leucauge venusta
🌍 51.3k seen
#4418 📷 10Mabel Orchard Orbweaver
Leucauge argyrobapta
🌍 19.7k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 55621, Wikidata Q1609572, GBIF 2151597, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.