# Money spider (*Linyphia triangularis*)

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Data as of: 2026-11-14

The money spider (Linyphia triangularis) is a species in the family Linyphiidae, order Araneae. Recorded adults reach 8 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Hungary and Poland.

## Quick facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Weight | Not recorded |
| Length | 4.6 mm – 8 mm |
| Lifespan | Not recorded |
| Diet | Invertivore |
| Main food | Not recorded |
| Habitat | forest, grassland, human_modified, wetland |
| Young per litter or clutch | Not recorded |
| Active | By day (diurnal) |
| Conservation status | Not recorded |
| Countries on record | 2 countries |

## Recorded prey and predators

Recorded prey: Seven-spot ladybird (*Coccinella septempunctata*), Two-spot ladybird (*Adalia bipunctata*), Eyed Labybug (*Anatis ocellata*). 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 1 country. Introduced: United States. Source: https://griis.org/ (CC BY 4.0).

## Classification

- kingdom: Animalia
- phylum: Arthropoda
- class: Arachnida
- order: Araneae
- family: Linyphiidae
- genus: Linyphia
- species: *Linyphia triangularis* (Clerck, 1757)

Synonyms: *Aranea montana*, *Aranea pinnata*, *Aranea resupina sylvestris*, *Aranea triangularis*, *Araneus albini*, *Araneus triangularis*, *Linyphia albini*, *Linyphia macrognatha*, *Linyphia micrognatha*, *Linyphia montana*, *Linyphia montana*, *Linyphia pinnata*, *Linyphia pinnata*, *Linyphia pinnata juniperina*, *Linyphia resupina sylvestris*, *Linyphia triangularis juniperina*

## 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.

Hungary, Poland

## Common questions

### How big is the money spider?

An adult money spider measures 4.6 mm – 8 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

### Where does the money spider live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the money spider for 2 countries: Hungary and Poland. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

### Is the money spider an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the money spider as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

### What kind of animal is the money spider?

The money spider (Linyphia triangularis) belongs to the family Linyphiidae in the order Araneae.

### Which animals does the money spider eat?

Animals recorded as prey of the money spider include seven-spot ladybird, two-spot ladybird and eyed labybug. 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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