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title: "Gold-spotted Harvestman"
description: "Nemastoma bimaculatum — Insecten en spinnen. Nemastoma bimaculatum is a species of harvestman, in the Nemastomatidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/gold-spotted-harvestman
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gold-spotted Harvestman

> Nemastoma bimaculatum — Insecten en spinnen. Nemastoma bimaculatum is a species of harvestman, in the Nemastomatidae.

- Scientific name: *Nemastoma bimaculatum*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 992
- Wikidata: [Q22286335](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22286335)
- iNaturalist taxon: [451367](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/451367)

## Names

- en: Gold-spotted Harvestman
- de: Westlicher Silberfleckkanker

## Countries with the most observations

FR (558), GB (299), IE (12), BE (9), NL (3)

## Summary

Nemastoma bimaculatum is a species of harvestman, in the Nemastomatidae. It is black, with two cream spots on the cephalothorax (rarely all black). It is sometimes known as N. lugubre. It occurs in Britain, Ireland, France, Germany, and Spain.

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

## Photo

![Gold-spotted Harvestman](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/gold-spotted-harvestman/medium.jpg)

Photo: Myerscough College · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/239596280

## Machine access

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