#4256 · 🕷️ spiders & kin
Bordered Orbweaver
🇳🇱 Heidewielwebspin ·Neoscona adianta
📍 Noordwijkerhout, Nederland
📍 Appelscha, Alankomaat
📍 Vrouwenpolder, Nederland
📍 Hoenderloo, Nederland
📍 Kampina, Boxtel, North Brabant, NL
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © David Renoult · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Анатолий Озерной /Anatoliy Ozernoy · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. © Kutushev Radik · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © katunchik · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © Иван Тисленко · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 7. Appelscha, Alankomaat:© Matti Brandon · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Vrouwenpolder, Nederland:© ロビン · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Hoenderloo, Nederland:© Carel Jongkind · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Kampina, Boxtel, North Brabant, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
what is it?
Neoscona adianta is a species of spider belonging to the family Araneidae. It has a Palaearctic distribution.
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 37 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 6,025 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1802 (224 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Bordered Orbweaver
- Nederlands
- Heidewielwebspin
- scientific name
- Neoscona adianta
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Araneae
- family
- Araneidae
- sightings in NL
- 37
- sightings in Europe
- 3,768
- sightings worldwide
- 6,025
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,070
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1802 by Charles Athanase Walckenaer
relatives· Araneidae
#4186 📷 8Cross Orbweaver
🇳🇱 Kruisspin
Araneus diadematus
👀 2.9k in NL
#4190 📷 10Wasp Spider
🇳🇱 Wespenspin
Argiope bruennichi
👀 1.1k in NL
#4192 📷 9Grey Cross Spider
🇳🇱 Brugspin
Larinioides sclopetarius
👀 644 in NL
#4194 📷 10Walnut Orbweaver
🇳🇱 Platte wielwebspin
Nuctenea umbratica
👀 532 in NL
#4208 📷 7Cricket-bat Orbweaver
🇳🇱 Driestreepspin
Mangora acalypha
👀 179 in NL
#4211 📷 10Zilla Orbweaver
🇳🇱 Maskerspinnetje
Zilla diodia
👀 145 in NL
#4212 📷 10Furrow Orbweaver
🇳🇱 Rietkruisspin
Larinioides cornutus
👀 130 in NL
#4215 📷 10Gorse Orbweaver
🇳🇱 Brede wielwebspin
Agalenatea redii
👀 109 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 326354, Wikidata Q1594259, GBIF 2158851, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.