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#4229 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Stekelhooiwagen

Odiellus spinosus

🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in the Netherlands
Stekelhooiwagen, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Jon J. Laysell · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Odiellus spinosus is a species of harvestmen in the family Phalangiidae.

base stats

  • NL sightings 76iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 3,833iNaturalist 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 76 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #44 most seen of the spiders & kin in NL.
  • 3,833 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc in 1792 (234 years ago).

fact sheet

Nederlands
Stekelhooiwagen
scientific name
Odiellus spinosus
class
Arachnida
order
Opiliones
family
Phalangiidae
sightings in NL
76
sightings in Europe
2,768
sightings worldwide
3,833
GBIF records in NL
1,789
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1792 by Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc

relatives· Phalangiidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 527798, Wikidata Q2182230, GBIF 4553384, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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