#4343 · 🕷️ spiders & kin
Olios argelasius
Olios argelasius
🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Mallorca, Llucmajor, Illes Balears, ES
📍 Zastražišće, Croatia
📍 45 Essen-Stadtbezirke II, Deutschland
📍 Erzene, 35040 Bornova/İzmir, Türkiye
📍 Melnik
📍 Supetar, Waterman Resort,Croatia
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Ioannis Magouras · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Chris Harold · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Víctor Javier Marugán. · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Katja Schulz · CC BY 4.0
- 5. Mallorca, Llucmajor, Illes Balears, ES:© edugovil · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Zastražišće, Croatia:© Sebastian Ćato · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 45 Essen-Stadtbezirke II, Deutschland:© Gaby Schulemann-Maier · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Erzene, 35040 Bornova/İzmir, Türkiye:© Atalay Karakuş · CC BY 4.0
- 9. Melnik:© Jean-Léonard Stör · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Supetar, Waterman Resort,Croatia:© Gábor Keresztes · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Olios argelasius is a species of huntsman spider found in the Mediterranean Basin. It was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1805.
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 2 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 5,028 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1805 (221 years ago).
fact sheet
- scientific name
- Olios argelasius
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Araneae
- family
- Sparassidae
- sightings in NL
- 2
- sightings in Europe
- 4,583
- sightings worldwide
- 5,028
- GBIF records in NL
- 35
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1805 by Charles Athanase Walckenaer
relatives· Sparassidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 336380, Wikidata Q2526483, GBIF 2162049, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.