#4322 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Gewone Stekelpoot

Zora spinimana

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

1. Änggården, Göteborg, Sverige:© Kim Falck · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. London, UK:© no rights reserved · CC0
3. 7951 Staphorst, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. 78120 Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines, France:© Donald Davesne · CC BY 4.0
5. Richmond, UK:© Shreyas Kuchibhotla · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 18170 Morlac, France:© Blaise Verrier-Cruz · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Kolozsvár, Románia:© erdonmezon · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Footpath from Hartlake Bridge to East Lock, Tonbridge:© Barry Walter · CC BY 4.0
9. 77300 Fontainebleau, France:© Ludivine Lamare · CC BY 4.0
10. X4CR+V9 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France:© Ludivine Lamare · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Zora spinimana is a prowling spider of the family Miturgidae with a Palearctic distribution. It is the type species of the genus Zora .

base stats

NL sightings 11iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 919iNaturalist 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 11 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
919 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833 (193 years ago).

fact sheet

Nederlands: Gewone Stekelpoot
scientific name: Zora spinimana
class: Arachnida
order: Araneae
family: Miturgidae
sightings in NL: 11
sightings in Europe: 441
sightings worldwide: 919
GBIF records in NL: 689
weight: —
length: —
lifespan: —
named: 1833 by Carl Jakob Sundevall

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 360548, Wikidata Q1059357, GBIF 2161221, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.