Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates) ➔ Class Arachnida (Arachnids) ➔ Order Araneae (Spiders) ➔ Family Araneidae (Orbweaver spiders)

Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1757)

Brückenkreuzspinne Bridge Orbweaver

Synonyms and other combinations:

Larinioides oviger (Panzer, 1804) | Larinioides sclopetaria jacobea (Franganillo, 1910) | Larinioides sericatus (Clerck, 1757) |

  • Larinioides sclopetarius, female  4057
    Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1757)  Brückenkreuzspinne  Bridge Orbweaver 
    Larinioides sclopetarius, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2010-08-01 15:20:18
    Image number: 4057
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
    2010-08-01 15:20:18

  • Larinioides sclopetarius, female  4059
    Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1757)  Brückenkreuzspinne  Bridge Orbweaver 
    Larinioides sclopetarius, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2010-08-04 07:33:03
    Image number: 4059
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
    2010-08-04 07:33:03

  • Larinioides sclopetarius, female  4058
    Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1757)  Brückenkreuzspinne  Bridge Orbweaver 
    Larinioides sclopetarius, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2010-08-01 15:18:01
    Image number: 4058
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
    2010-08-01 15:18:01

  • Larinioides sclopetarius, male  5123
    Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1757)  Brückenkreuzspinne  Bridge Orbweaver 
    Larinioides sclopetarius, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2011-11-13 13:35:20
    Image number: 5123
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
    2011-11-13 13:35:20

  • Larinioides sclopetarius, male  5124
    Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1757)  Brückenkreuzspinne  Bridge Orbweaver 
    Larinioides sclopetarius, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2011-11-13 13:29:44
    Image number: 5124
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
    2011-11-13 13:29:44

  • Larinioides sclopetarius, male  5125
    Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1757)  Brückenkreuzspinne  Bridge Orbweaver 
    Larinioides sclopetarius, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2011-11-13 13:32:11
    Image number: 5125
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
    2011-11-13 13:32:11

  • Larinioides sclopetarius, male  5126
    Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1757)  Brückenkreuzspinne  Bridge Orbweaver 
    Larinioides sclopetarius, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2011-11-13 13:32:24
    Image number: 5126
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
    2011-11-13 13:32:24

  • Larinioides sclopetarius, male  8032
    Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1757)  Brückenkreuzspinne  Bridge Orbweaver 
    Larinioides sclopetarius, male, conf. Jürgen Peters
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2017-09-02 13:09:56
    Image number: 8032
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2017-09-02 13:09:56
    conf. Jürgen Peters
  • Larinioides sclopetarius, male  8033
    Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1757)  Brückenkreuzspinne  Bridge Orbweaver 
    Larinioides sclopetarius, male, conf. Jürgen Peters
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2017-09-02 13:09:02
    Image number: 8033
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2017-09-02 13:09:02
    conf. Jürgen Peters
  • Larinioides sclopetarius, male  8034
    Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1757)  Brückenkreuzspinne  Bridge Orbweaver 
    Larinioides sclopetarius, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2017-09-02 13:09:25
    Image number: 8034
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2017-09-02 13:09:25


Further vernacular names:
Bridge Orbweb Spider
Distribution:
Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Central Asia), China, Korea. Introduced to North America.

References, further reading, links:
  1. Kropf C., Nentwig W., Blick T. & Gloor D. (organizing board). (2019). WSC: World Spider Catalog (version 19.5, Jan 2019). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
  2. Bellmann, Heiko: Kosmos-Atlas Spinnentiere Europas, Franckh Kosmos Verlag-GmbH & Co., Stuttgart, 3. Auflage von 2006, ISBN 3-440-07025-5
  3. Arachnologische Gesellschaft e. V. (2015): Wiki des Spinnen-Forums
  4. Marcus Schmitt: Larinioides sclopetarius, eine parasoziale Spinne Mitteleuropas?, Arachnol. Mitt. 27/28:55-67, Basel, November 2004
  5. Lawrence Bee, Geoff Oxford, Helen Smith: Britain's Spiders A Field Guide, Fully Revised and Updated Second Edition, 496 Seiten, 2020, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0-691-20474-1.