#4299 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Prachtkogelspin

Parasteatoda lunata

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

1. © Cédric Mondy · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Simon · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. Tauragės r. sav., Lietuva:© Ramunė Vakarė · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. Torino, Piemonte, IT:© Andrea Pane · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Chamarande, France:© Donald Davesne · CC BY 4.0
6. 34970 Lattes, France:© Martin Galli · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Naturpark Föhrenberge, Mödling, Niederösterreich, AT:© picolala · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Bois du Boulay, Emerainville, Île-de-France, FR:© Heikel B. · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Tauragės r. sav., Lietuva:© Ramunė Vakarė · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
10. 59135 Wallers, France:© Maxime Bodhuin · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Parasteatoda lunata is a species of cobweb spider in the family Theridiidae. Originally described by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1757 as Araneus lunatus , it has undergone numerous taxonomic revisions and was transferred to the genus Parasteatoda in 2008.

base stats

NL sightings 14iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,637iNaturalist 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).