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Green meshweaver

Nigma walckenaeri (Roewer, 1951)

Status not recordedspiders

The green meshweaver (Nigma walckenaeri) is a species in the family Dictynidae, order Araneae. Recorded adults reach 4.25 mm in length.

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Quick facts about the green meshweaver

Weight
Not recorded
Length
4.25 mm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
By day (diurnal)
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the green meshweaver?

GREEN MESHWEAVER · LENGTH 4.25 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 4.25 mm, the recorded maximum length of the green meshweaver is about 0.3% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the green meshweaver live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

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

  1. Austria
  2. United Kingdom

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 green meshweaver 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 green meshweaver classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderAraneae
  5. familyDictynidae
  6. genusNigma
  7. SpeciesNigma walckenaeri (Roewer, 1951)

Synonyms Dictyna viridissima, Dictyna viridissima vulnerata, Dictyna walckenaeri, Heterodictyna walckenaeri, Nigma viridissima, Nigma vulnerata

Other names and names in other languages (14)
  • Green leaf web spiderEnglish
  • cedivečka zelenáCzech
  • Grøn PlantekrustrådsspinderDanish
  • Grüne LauerspinneGerman
  • Nigma verteFrench
  • zöld hamvaspókHungarian
  • ミドリハグモJapanese
  • Gelsvakojis šlakuotvorisLithuanian
  • Groen kaardertjeDutch
  • Liściak ZielonyPolish
  • Нигма ВалкенераRussian
  • cedivôčka zelenáSlovak
  • murgrönespindelSwedish
  • Grüne KräuselspinneGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the green meshweaver

Other species in the same genus Nigma.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the green meshweaver?

An adult green meshweaver measures 4.25 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the green meshweaver an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the green meshweaver as introduced in 2 countries: Austria and United Kingdom, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the green meshweaver?

The green meshweaver (Nigma walckenaeri) belongs to the family Dictynidae in the order Araneae.

Sources and how to cite this page

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Green meshweaver (Nigma walckenaeri). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/green-meshweaver

MLA

“Green meshweaver (Nigma walckenaeri).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/green-meshweaver.

BibTeX
@misc{green_meshweaver_2026,
  title = {Green meshweaver (Nigma walckenaeri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/green-meshweaver},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}