Buzzing spider
Anyphaena accentuata (Walckenaer, 1802)
Status not recordedspiders
The buzzing spider (Anyphaena accentuata) is a species in the family Anyphaenidae, order Araneae. Recorded adults reach 9 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Germany.
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Quick facts about the buzzing spider
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- 4 mm – 9 mmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forest, human_modified, shrublandsrc for Habitat
- 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 buzzing spider?
What does the buzzing spider eat, and what eats it?
Species recorded in published studies and collections.
Recorded prey of the buzzing spider
8 on record
- Margined click beetle Dalopius marginatus2 sources
- Diplocephalus picinus2 sources
- Geostiba circellaris2 sources
- Liogluta longiuscula2 sources
- Small sheet-web weaver Microneta viaria2 sources
- Oxypoda annularis2 sources
- Tapinocyba insecta2 sources
- Tenuiphantes flavipes2 sources
Recorded predators of the buzzing spider
6 on record
- Window lace-weaver Amaurobius fenestralis2 sources
- Lathrobium brunnipes2 sources
- Macrargus rufus2 sources
- Notiophilus biguttatus2 sources
- Common Schendyla Schendyla nemorensis2 sources
- Shorter red centipede Strigamia acuminata2 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 buzzing 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 buzzing spider is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: WSC (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
Is the buzzing 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 buzzing spider classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classArachnida
- orderAraneae
- familyAnyphaenidae
- genusAnyphaena
- SpeciesAnyphaena accentuata (Walckenaer, 1802)
Synonyms Anyphaena accentuata obscura, Anyphaena obscura, Anyphaena punctata, Aranea accentuata, Clubiona accentuata
Other names and names in other languages (17)
- šplhalka keřováCzech
- SummeedderkopDanish
- Vierfleck-ZartspinneGerman
- VierfleckzartspinneGerman
- ZartspinneGerman
- rummukkiFinnish
- Anyphène à chevronsFrench
- jegyespókHungarian
- Miškinis GležnavorisLithuanian
- summeedderkoppNorwegian Bokmål
- StruikspinDutch
- Gestipte struikspinDutch
- Motacz nadrzewnyPolish
- Анифена ударяющаяRussian
- Spriadavka listováSlovak
- brenčeči pajekSlovenian
- trumspindelSwedish
Relatives of the buzzing spider
Other species in the same genus Anyphaena.
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Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the buzzing spider?
An adult buzzing spider measures 4 mm – 9 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the buzzing spider live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the buzzing spider for 1 country: Germany. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the buzzing spider?
The buzzing spider (Anyphaena accentuata) belongs to the family Anyphaenidae in the order Araneae.
What eats the buzzing spider?
Animals recorded preying on the buzzing spider include window lace-weaver, lathrobium brunnipes, macrargus rufus and notiophilus biguttatus. The records are compiled by Global Biotic Interactions from published studies; each pair is reported by at least two datasets.
Which animals does the buzzing spider eat?
Animals recorded as prey of the buzzing spider include margined click beetle, diplocephalus picinus, geostiba circellaris and liogluta longiuscula. 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.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · 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 · 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. - TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe · 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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