#4303 · 🕷️ spiders & kin
Snake-back Spider
🇳🇱 Boomzesoog ·Segestria senoculata
🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Wahlstorf, 19386 Gehlsbach, Deutschland
📍 Florstadt, Hessen, DE
📍 Eičiai, 73145 Tauragės r. sav., Lietuva
📍 Wahlstorf, 19386 Gehlsbach, Deutschland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Marie Lou Legrand · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Jörg Pageler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Paul Bowyer · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © paulf84 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
- 6. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
- 7. Wahlstorf, 19386 Gehlsbach, Deutschland:© wp-polzin · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Florstadt, Hessen, DE:© bugzone · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Eičiai, 73145 Tauragės r. sav., Lietuva:© Ramunė Vakarė · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 10. Wahlstorf, 19386 Gehlsbach, Deutschland:© wp-polzin · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Segestria senoculata , sometimes known as the snake-back spider , is a species of spider belonging to the family Segestriidae. It has a Palearctic distribution.
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 13 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,561 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Snake-back Spider
- Nederlands
- Boomzesoog
- scientific name
- Segestria senoculata
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Araneae
- family
- Segestriidae
- sightings in NL
- 13
- sightings in Europe
- 917
- sightings worldwide
- 1,561
- GBIF records in NL
- 459
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Segestriidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 318909, Wikidata Q1150738, GBIF 5169959, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.