#4310 · 🕷️ spiders & kin
Boskrabspin
Xysticus lanio
🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 La Moixina, Olot, Girona, Espanya
📍 Ишимбайский р-н, Респ. Башкортостан, Россия
📍 Нижнекамский р-н, Респ. Татарстан, Россия
📍 Florstadt, Hessen, DE
📍 Jennersdorf, Österreich
📍 Александровский р-н, Владимирская обл., Россия
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © bugzone · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Pierre Bornand · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Benny B. Larsen · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. La Moixina, Olot, Girona, Espanya:© Rafael Carbonell Font · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Ишимбайский р-н, Респ. Башкортостан, Россия:© Корепанова Татьяна · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Нижнекамский р-н, Респ. Татарстан, Россия:© Kutushev Radik · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Florstadt, Hessen, DE:© bugzone · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Jennersdorf, Österreich:© lastovka · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Александровский р-н, Владимирская обл., Россия:© Соколков Юрий Павлович · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
De boskrabspin ( Xysticus lanio ) is een spin uit de familie krabspinnen (Thomisidae).
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 12 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,332 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1835 (191 years ago).
fact sheet
- Nederlands
- Boskrabspin
- scientific name
- Xysticus lanio
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Araneae
- family
- Thomisidae
- sightings in NL
- 12
- sightings in Europe
- 503
- sightings worldwide
- 2,332
- GBIF records in NL
- 416
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1835 by Carl Ludwig Koch
relatives· Thomisidae
#4198 📷 9Goldenrod Crab Spider
🇳🇱 Kameleonspin
Misumena vatia
👀 365 in NL
#4223 📷 10Eurasian Green Crab Spider
🇳🇱 Groene krabspin
Diaea dorsata
👀 82 in NL
#4235 📷 10Swamp Crab Spider
🇳🇱 Moeraskrabspin
Xysticus ulmi
👀 65 in NL
#4289 📷 10Schorskrabspin
Tmarus piger
👀 16 in NL
#4297 📷 8Platte Krabspin
Coriarachne depressa
👀 15 in NL
#4335 📷 7Triangle Crab Spider
🇳🇱 Struikkameleonspin
Ebrechtella tricuspidata
👀 8 in NL
#4346 📷 10Stompe krabspin
Pistius truncatus
👀 2 in NL
#4362 📷 10Napoleon Spider
🇳🇱 Blinkende krabspin
Synema globosum
🌍 24.1k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 639655, Wikidata Q141103, GBIF 2165027, Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.