# Bridge spider (*Larinioides sclopetarius*)

Canonical page: https://creaturedata.com/animals/bridge-spider  
Data as of: 2026-11-14

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.

## Quick facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Weight | Not recorded |
| Length | 1.01 cm |
| Lifespan | Not recorded |
| Main food | Not recorded |
| Habitat | Not recorded |
| Young per litter or clutch | Not recorded |
| Active | At night (nocturnal) |
| Conservation status | Not recorded |
| Countries on record | 1 country |

## Recorded prey and predators

 Recorded predators: Little brown bat (*Myotis lucifugus*), Asian hornet (*Vespa velutina*). Each pair is recorded by at least two datasets compiled by Global Biotic Interactions (https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/, CC0 1.0).

## Introduced range

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists it as introduced in 2 countries. Introduced: Canada, Slovenia. Source: https://griis.org/ (CC BY 4.0).

## Classification

- kingdom: Animalia
- phylum: Arthropoda
- class: Arachnida
- order: Araneae
- family: Araneidae
- genus: Larinioides
- species: *Larinioides 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*

## Countries on record

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.

Spain

## Common questions

### 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

- [Catalogue of Life eXtended Release](https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/316691), CC BY 4.0, 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf
- [Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI): interpreted data products](https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/), CC0 1.0, 0.11. Poelen, J.H., Simons, J.D. & Mungall, C.J. (2014) Global Biotic Interactions: an open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics 24: 148–159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2014.08.005. Data: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22691479, with each record's original reference.
- [Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS)](https://griis.org/), CC BY 4.0, 2026-11-13. Pagad, S., Genovesi, P., Carnevali, L., Schigel, D. & McGeoch, M.A. (2018) Introducing the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species. Scientific Data 5: 170202. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.202. Country checklists published through GBIF by the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group.
- [TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15063844), CC BY 4.0, 2.0. Chauvier, Y., Adde, A., Bergamini, A. et al. (2025) TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15063844

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