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White-spotted False Widow

🇳🇱 Gevlekte steatoda ·Steatoda albomaculata

🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in the Netherlands
White-spotted False Widow, photo 1 of 10
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what is it?

Steatoda albomaculata is a species of cobweb spider in the family Theridiidae. It is found in the United States and a range from the Caribbean to Brazil.

base stats

  • NL sightings 12iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 1,004iNaturalist 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 12 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 1,004 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Charles De Geer in 1778 (248 years ago).

fact sheet

English
White-spotted False Widow
Nederlands
Gevlekte steatoda
scientific name
Steatoda albomaculata
class
Arachnida
order
Araneae
family
Theridiidae
sightings in NL
12
sightings in Europe
367
sightings worldwide
1,004
GBIF records in NL
330
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1778 by Charles De Geer

relatives· Theridiidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 153752, Wikidata Q1313527, GBIF 2157263, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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