#4204 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Toothed Weaver

🇳🇱 Gewone staartspin ·Textrix denticulata

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

1. © Pascal Dubois · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Borja Fierro-Leva · CC BY 4.0
3. © Pierre Bornand · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Pierre Bornand · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Martin Grimm · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
7. 1761 Anna Paulowna, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Amsterdam:© rolfhendriksen · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 1761 Anna Paulowna, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Wormerveer Noord, Wormerveer, Nederland:© karmesanfred · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Textrix dendiculata , the toothed weaver , is a funnel web spider of the family Agelenidae found in much of Europe. It was described by the French entomologist Guillaume-Antoine Olivier in 1789. An older name coined by Martini & Goeze in 1778, Aranea cruciger , has been declared a nomen oblitum, allowing Olivier's later name to stand.

base stats

NL sightings 220iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,363iNaturalist 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 220 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #19 most seen of the spiders & kin in NL.
2,363 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Guillaume-Antoine Olivier in 1789 (237 years ago).