#4426 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Arrowhead Orbweaver

Verrucosa arenata

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

1. © Trey Wardlaw · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Katja Schulz · CC BY 4.0
3. © muscogeegirl · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Robby Deans · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Judy Gallagher · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. 178 Pellum Rd, Starkville, MS 39759, USA:© Breanna Lyle · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 6727 Big Sugar Creek Rd, Pineville, MO 64856, United States:© Kevin Mouser · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Potomac, MD, USA:© Zachary Dankowicz · CC BY 4.0
9. Virginia, US:© David Yeager · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Calvert County, MD, USA:© Judy Ferris · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Verrucosa arenata , also known as the arrowhead spider , arrowhead orb weaver , or triangle orb weaver , is a species of orb-weaver spider (family Araneidae). It is widely distributed in the New World. Other species of the genus Verrucosa occur in North and South America.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 16,839iNaturalist 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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
16,839 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1841 (185 years ago).