Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates) ➔ Class Arachnida (Arachnids) ➔ Order Araneae (Spiders) ➔ Family Tetragnathidae (Long-jawed orbweb spiders)

Metellina segmentata (Clerck, 1757)

Echte Herbstspinne

Synonyms and other combinations:

Metellina antrorum (Simon, 1907) | Metellina reticulata (Linnaeus, 1758) |

  • Metellina cf. segmentata, female  3690
    Metellina segmentata (Clerck, 1757)  Echte Herbstspinne   
    Metellina cf. segmentata, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2009-09-07 13:26:33
    Image number: 3690
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2009-09-07 13:26:33

  • Metellina cf. segmentata, female  3795
    Metellina segmentata (Clerck, 1757)  Echte Herbstspinne   
    Metellina cf. segmentata, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2007-09-22 12:17:11
    Image number: 3795
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2007-09-22 12:17:11

  • Metellina cf. segmentata, with pray  3769
    Metellina segmentata (Clerck, 1757)  Echte Herbstspinne   
    Metellina cf. segmentata, with pray
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2005-09-14 12:14:14
    Image number: 3769
    with pray
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2005-09-14 12:14:14

  • Metellina cf. segmentata, female with prey  3691
    Metellina segmentata (Clerck, 1757)  Echte Herbstspinne   
    Metellina cf. segmentata, female with prey
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2009-09-07 13:24:51
    Image number: 3691
    female with prey
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2009-09-07 13:24:51

  • Metellina segmentata  3692
    Metellina segmentata (Clerck, 1757)  Echte Herbstspinne   
    Metellina segmentata
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2009-09-07 13:25:56
    Image number: 3692

    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2009-09-07 13:25:56

  • Metellina segmentata, male + female  3732
    Metellina segmentata (Clerck, 1757)  Echte Herbstspinne   
    Metellina segmentata, male + female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2008-10-19 13:59:12
    Image number: 3732
    male + female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2008-10-19 13:59:12

  • Metellina segmentata, male  5772
    Metellina segmentata (Clerck, 1757)  Echte Herbstspinne   
    Metellina segmentata, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2012-10-03 15:10:37
    Image number: 5772
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2012-10-03 15:10:37

  • Metellina segmentata, male  5771
    Metellina segmentata (Clerck, 1757)  Echte Herbstspinne   
    Metellina segmentata, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2012-10-03 15:12:07
    Image number: 5771
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2012-10-03 15:12:07

  • Metellina segmentata, male  3812
    Metellina segmentata (Clerck, 1757)  Echte Herbstspinne   
    Metellina segmentata, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2008-09-21 12:42:56
    Image number: 3812
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2008-09-21 12:42:56

  • Metellina segmentata, spider web  3796
    Metellina segmentata (Clerck, 1757)  Echte Herbstspinne   
    Metellina segmentata, spider web
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2007-09-22 12:42:49
    Image number: 3796
    spider web
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2007-09-22 12:42:49

  • Metellina segmentata, spider web  3813
    Metellina segmentata (Clerck, 1757)  Echte Herbstspinne   
    Metellina segmentata, spider web
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2008-09-27 13:19:32
    Image number: 3813
    spider web
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2008-09-27 13:19:32


Distribution:
Europe, Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan, Iran, China, Japan. Introduced to Canada

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. 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.