#4341 · 🕷️ spiders & kin
Bleeding Heart Spider
🇳🇱 Bont Kaardertje ·Nigma puella
🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Autonomous Province of Bolzano – South Tyrol, Italy
📍 Mondego
📍 Mondego
📍 Waltham Forest, London, England, GB
📍 Shaftesbury Road, Exeter, England, GB
📍 Province of L'Aquila, Italy
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Rupert Lees · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Rupert Lees · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Emanuele Santarelli · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. © Donald Davesne · CC BY 4.0
- 5. Autonomous Province of Bolzano – South Tyrol, Italy:© Paolo Soldani · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Mondego:© David Gil · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Mondego:© David Gil · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Waltham Forest, London, England, GB:© Rupert Lees · CC BY 4.0
- 9. Shaftesbury Road, Exeter, England, GB:© rufusoh · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Province of L'Aquila, Italy:© Sarah Gregg · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
what is it?
Nigma puella is a species of spider belonging to the family Dictynidae. It is found in Europe, Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands and parts of North Africa.
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 3 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,014 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Eugène Simon in 1870 (156 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Bleeding Heart Spider
- Nederlands
- Bont Kaardertje
- scientific name
- Nigma puella
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Araneae
- family
- Dictynidae
- sightings in NL
- 3
- sightings in Europe
- 1,373
- sightings worldwide
- 2,014
- GBIF records in NL
- 91
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1870 by Eugène Simon
relatives· Dictynidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 468257, Wikidata Q3321010, GBIF 2144999, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.