European Spider of the Year

Since 2000 a group of experts from Germany, Austria and Switzerland have chosen a spider species for a year to be the focus on interest. After the water spider (2001) came the wasp spider (2002), the nursery web spider (2003), the green huntsman spider (2004) and the zebra spider (2005). While the project began in the German-speaking countries, Belgian and Dutch colleagues joined in 2005. For 2006 a proper European project was organised for the first time. The project should show the fascinating side of these very useful animals.

passage of the "Spider of the Year 2006" article
Peter Jäger & Martin Kreuels
translated by Jason Dunlop

Spider of the year 2024

Nesticus cellulanus

Spider of the year 2023

Cheiracanthium punctorium

Spider of the year 2022

Hygrolycosa rubrofasciata

Spider of the year 2021

Ero furcata

Spider of the year 2020

Dolomedes fimbriatus

Spider of the year 2019

Myrmarachne formicaria

Spider of the year 2018

Steatoda bipunctata

Spider of the year 2017

Nuctenea umbratica

Spider of the year 2016

Cyclosa conica

Spider of the year 2015

Anyphaena accentuata

Spider of the year 2014

Linyphia triangularis

Spider of the year 2013

Atypus affinis

Spider of the year 2012

Meta menardi

Spider of the year 2011

Agelena labyrinthica

Spider of the year 2010

Araneus diadematus

Spider of the year 2009

Hyptiotes paradoxus

Spider of the year 2008

Tegenaria atrica

Spider of the year 2007

Arctosa cinerea

Spider of the year 2006

Misumena vatia