#4309 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Sputnik Spider

🇳🇱 Kleine Boskogelspin ·Paidiscura pallens

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

1. © AJC1 · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © portioid · CC BY 4.0
3. © Christophe Quintin · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Susan Marley · CC BY 4.0
5. © Rob · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © Benedikt · CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Guldheden, Göteborg, Sverige:© Kim Falck · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Gloucester, UK:© Tone Killick · CC BY 4.0
9. Fairholt Road, London, England, GB:© Rupert Lees · CC BY 4.0
10. Adwick upon Dearne, UK:© Luke D Chambers · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Paidiscura pallens is a species of comb-footed spider in the family Theridiidae. It is found in the Mediterranean, Middle East, the Caucasus and Great Britain. Females of this species make distinctive white sputnik shaped egg cocoons, usually on oak leaves, and often remain nearby.

base stats

NL sightings 12iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,699iNaturalist 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).