#4300 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Geel Kaardertje

Nigma flavescens

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

1. © Miroslav Fiala · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © lucatr98 · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. Woodchurch Road, Ashford, England, GB:© charlieboult · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Новостав, Рівненська область, Україна, 35378:© Gansucha (Viktor Finchuk) · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Hadersdorf - Weidlingau, Wien, Österreich:© carnifex · CC BY 4.0
6. Arques, France:© Marie Lou Legrand · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Opole, PL:© Michał Górski · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Canterbury, England, GB:© charlieboult · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Олексіївка, Харків, Харківська область, Україна, 61000:© Юрій Бенгус · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Rusovce, Slovensko:© Timo Fric · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Nigma flavescens is a species of spider in the family Dictynidae. Originally described as Drassus flavescens by Walckenaer in 1830, it has undergone several taxonomic revisions and generic transfers before being placed in its current genus Nigma by Lehtinen in 1967.

base stats

NL sightings 14iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,623iNaturalist 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 14 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
1,623 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

Nederlands: Geel Kaardertje
scientific name: Nigma flavescens
class: Arachnida
order: Araneae
family: Dictynidae
sightings in NL: 14
sightings in Europe: 678
sightings worldwide: 1,623
GBIF records in NL: 633
weight: —
length: —
lifespan: —

relatives· Dictynidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 468258, Wikidata Q1978714, GBIF 2145001, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.