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#4210 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Bonte hooiwagen

Paroligolophus agrestis

🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in the Netherlands
Bonte hooiwagen, photo 1 of 10
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what is it?

Paroligolophus agrestis is a species of harvestman. It occurs in Europe, including the United Kingdom, and has been introduced to North America in the Pacific Northwest and Nova Scotia.

base stats

  • NL sightings 148iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 3,733iNaturalist 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 148 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #25 most seen of the spiders & kin in NL.
  • 3,733 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

Nederlands
Bonte hooiwagen
scientific name
Paroligolophus agrestis
class
Arachnida
order
Opiliones
family
Phalangiidae
sightings in NL
148
sightings in Europe
1,666
sightings worldwide
3,733
GBIF records in NL
2,774
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

relatives· Phalangiidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 527483, Wikidata Q304637, GBIF 4553336, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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