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title: "Grote oeverspin"
description: "Dolomedes plantarius — Insecten en spinnen. The great raft spider or fen raft spider (Dolomedes plantarius) is a European species of spider in the family Dolomedidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/fen-raft-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Grote oeverspin

> Dolomedes plantarius — Insecten en spinnen. The great raft spider or fen raft spider (Dolomedes plantarius) is a European species of spider in the family Dolomedidae.

- Scientific name: *Dolomedes plantarius*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 407
- Wikidata: [Q2090659](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2090659)
- iNaturalist taxon: [99498](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/99498)

## Names

- en: Fen raft spider
- de: Große Jagdspinne
- fr: Dolomède des roseaux
- nl: Grote oeverspin
- pl: Bagnik nadwodny

## Countries with the most observations

RU (21), DK (15), GB (12), SE (10), FR (9), PL (8), IT (6), HU (4), LT (4), DE (3), TR (3), UA (3)

## Summary

The great raft spider or fen raft spider (Dolomedes plantarius) is a European species of spider in the family Dolomedidae. Like other Dolomedes spiders, it is semiaquatic, hunting its prey on the surface of water. It occurs mainly in neutral to alkaline, unpolluted water of fens and grazing marsh.

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

## Photo

![Grote oeverspin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/fen-raft-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/181932439

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/fen-raft-spider?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).