#4211 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Zilla Orbweaver

🇳🇱 Maskerspinnetje ·Zilla diodia

🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Jean-Raphaël Guillaumin · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Mario Quevedo · CC BY 4.0
3. © Ferran Turmo Gort · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Ferran Turmo Gort · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. Rembrandtlaan Ede, Nederland:© dr. Werner de Gier · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Nationaal Park De Loonse En Drunense Duinen, NL-NB-HS, NL-NB, NL:© Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Heumensoord, Malden, Gelderland, NL:© markusgmeiner · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Hortus Alkmaar:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Zilla diodia is an orb-weaver spider species found from Europe to Azerbaijan.

base stats

NL sightings 145iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,430iNaturalist 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 145 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #26 most seen of the spiders & kin in NL.
6,430 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1802 (224 years ago).