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title: "Green Meshweaver"
description: "Nigma walckenaeri — Insectos y arañas. Nigma walckenaeri is a green cribellate spider up to five millimetres long, the largest of the family Dictynidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/green-meshweaver
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Green Meshweaver

> Nigma walckenaeri — Insectos y arañas. Nigma walckenaeri is a green cribellate spider up to five millimetres long, the largest of the family Dictynidae.

- Scientific name: *Nigma walckenaeri*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: `urban` (Ciudades y jardines)
- iNaturalist observations: 5548
- Wikidata: [Q292510](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q292510)
- iNaturalist taxon: [84521](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/84521)

## Names

- en: Green Meshweaver
- de: Grüne Kräuselspinne
- fr: Nigma verte
- nl: Groen kaardertje

## Countries with the most observations

GB (1132), DE (633), FR (488), PL (374), AT (357), IT (256), ES (199), NL (198), DK (121), CZ (117), UA (84), RU (67)

## Summary

Nigma walckenaeri is a green cribellate spider up to five millimetres long, the largest of the family Dictynidae. While most of the body is a somewhat yellowish color, the abdomen is a shining green, which makes it rather distinct and hard to confuse with other species. The green color makes it almost invisible. Males have an elevated head region. From August to October these spiders can be found in gardens or on walls - often on big leaves such as lilac or feral grapevine. The spider catches insects, sometimes larger than itself, in its web, which it builds on the surface of leaves. The female hides the 7-millimetre…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigma_walckenaeri

## Photo

![Green Meshweaver](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/green-meshweaver/medium.jpg)

Photo: drtimk · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/131660712

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/green-meshweaver?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).