#4235 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Swamp Crab Spider

🇳🇱 Moeraskrabspin ·Xysticus ulmi

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

1. © Mishanook · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © nrjmelvint · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Knutux · CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Udenhout, Brabant, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
6. Naardermeer, Naarden, Netherlands:© Jacob Littlejohn · CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Nobelweg, Amsterdam, North Holland, NL:© Meer Planten · CC BY 4.0
8. , Friesland, Nederland:© Rainer Breitling · CC BY 4.0
9. Waterrrijk Lingezegen, Elst, Niederlande:© Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Kerkenbos, Nimwegen, Gelderland, NL:© markusgmeiner · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Xysticus ulmi , the swamp crab spider , is a European crab spider of the family Thomisidae which prefers damp habitats. It was first described by the German zoologist Carl Wilhelm Hahn in 1831.

base stats

NL sightings 65iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,878iNaturalist 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).