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Kruidhangmatspin

Neriene clathrata

🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in the Netherlands
Kruidhangmatspin, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Neriene clathrata is a species of sheetweb spider in the family Linyphiidae. It is found in North America, Europe, North Africa, Caucasus, a range from Russia (European to Far East), China, Korea, and Japan.

base stats

  • NL sightings 18iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 1,843iNaturalist 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 18 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 1,843 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1830 (196 years ago).

fact sheet

Nederlands
Kruidhangmatspin
scientific name
Neriene clathrata
class
Arachnida
order
Araneae
family
Linyphiidae
sightings in NL
18
sightings in Europe
834
sightings worldwide
1,843
GBIF records in NL
798
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1830 by Carl Jakob Sundevall

relatives· Linyphiidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 225812, Wikidata Q1058653, GBIF 2137387, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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