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Bridge spider

Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1757)

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The bridge spider (Larinioides sclopetarius) is a species in the family Araneidae, order Araneae. Recorded adults reach 1.01 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Spain.

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Quick facts about the bridge spider

Weight
Not recorded
Length
1.01 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is the bridge spider?

BRIDGE SPIDER · LENGTH 1.01 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 1.01 cm, the recorded maximum length of the bridge spider is about 0.6% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

What eats the bridge spider?

Species recorded in published studies and collections.

Recorded predators of the bridge spider

2 on record

  1. Little brown bat Myotis lucifugus3 sources
  2. Asian hornet Vespa velutina2 sources

Each pair is recorded by at least two independent datasets. A record shows the animal was seen or found to have eaten the other, including scavenged carcasses and young animals; it does not say how often. Compiled by Global Biotic Interactions (CC0 1.0).

References for these records

Where does the bridge spider live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The bridge spider is listed for 1 country.

Spain
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Spain

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: WSC (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the bridge spider as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Canada
  2. Slovenia

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the bridge spider endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the bridge spider classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderAraneae
  5. familyAraneidae
  6. genusLarinioides
  7. SpeciesLarinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1757)

Synonyms Aranea oviger, Aranea sclopetaria, Aranea sericata, Aranea uncata, Aranea undata, Araneus sclopetarius, Araneus sericatus, Araneus undatus, Cyphepeira sclopetaria, Epeira apoclysa, Epeira frondosa, Epeira hygrophila, Epeira sclopetaria, Epeira sclopetaria jacobea, Epeira sericata, Epeira undata, Epeira virgata, Larinioides hygrophilus, Larinioides oviger, Larinioides sclopetaria, Larinioides sclopetaria jacobea, Larinioides sericatus, Larinioides sericatus, Nuctenea sclopetaria, Nuctenea sclopetaria

Other names and names in other languages (27)
  • Bridge orbweaverEnglish
  • Bridge orbweb spiderEnglish
  • Gray cross spiderEnglish
  • Grey cross spiderEnglish
  • Larinioides sclopetariusEnglish
  • křižák mostníCzech
  • BolværksedderkopDanish
  • BolværkshjulspinderDanish
  • BrückenkreuzspinneGerman
  • Araña de PuenteSpanish
  • siltakiilakkiFinnish
  • Épeire des pontsFrench
  • Araignée des pontsFrench
  • Blijedi križarCroatian
  • hídi keresztespókHungarian
  • Ragno ponteItalian
  • Ragno dei pontiItalian
  • Ragno grigio dei pontiItalian
  • キタノオニグモJapanese
  • 골목왕거미Korean
  • Tiltinis ŽnypliavorisLithuanian
  • broretrettveverNorwegian Bokmål
  • BrugspinDutch
  • Krzyżak gromadnyPolish
  • Мостовой паукRussian
  • križiak mostovýSlovak
  • brospindelSwedish

Catalogue of LifeiNaturalistITISTAXREFWikidata

Relatives of the bridge spider

Other species in the same genus Larinioides.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the bridge spider?

An adult bridge spider measures 1.01 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the bridge spider live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the bridge spider for 1 country: Spain. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the bridge spider an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the bridge spider as introduced in 2 countries: Canada and Slovenia, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the bridge spider?

The bridge spider (Larinioides sclopetarius) belongs to the family Araneidae in the order Araneae.

What eats the bridge spider?

Animals recorded preying on the bridge spider include little brown bat and asian hornet. The records are compiled by Global Biotic Interactions from published studies; each pair is reported by at least two datasets.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{bridge_spider_2026,
  title = {Bridge spider (Larinioides sclopetarius)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bridge-spider},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}