#4316 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

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Simitidion simile

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

1. © Martin Galli · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Martin Galli · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Óscar Mendez · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Martin Galli · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Raphaël Grellety · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Powiat Gryfiński, Polen:© Stefanie Mückner · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
7. Schwetzingen, Baden-Württemberg, DE:© bugzone · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Sauve, France:© Tom Rigaud · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Le Ravin Des Arcs - Sentier de Randonnée:© cassandreblondel · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Malbosc, Montpellier, France:© ulysse_lafond · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Simitidion simile is a species of comb-footed spider in the family Theridiidae. It is native to Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Iran and Central Asia, and introduced to Canada.

base stats

NL sightings 12iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 431iNaturalist 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).