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title: "Brugspin"
description: "Larinioides sclopetarius — Insecten en spinnen. Larinioides sclopetarius, commonly called bridge-spider or gray cross-spider, is a relatively large orb-weaver spider with Holarctic distribution."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/grey-cross-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brugspin

> Larinioides sclopetarius — Insecten en spinnen. Larinioides sclopetarius, commonly called bridge-spider or gray cross-spider, is a relatively large orb-weaver spider with Holarctic distribution.

- Scientific name: *Larinioides sclopetarius*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 26874
- Wikidata: [Q751959](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q751959)
- iNaturalist taxon: [538959](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/538959)

## Names

- en: Grey Cross Spider
- de: Brückenkreuzspinne
- es: Araña de Puente
- fr: Épeire des ponts
- nl: Brugspin

## Countries with the most observations

US (4216), CA (2731), DE (1392), FR (921), AT (825), NL (624), GB (477), PL (361), CZ (322), SE (309), DK (272), ES (245)

## Summary

Larinioides sclopetarius, commonly called bridge-spider or gray cross-spider, is a relatively large orb-weaver spider with Holarctic distribution. These spiders originated in Europe, have been observed as south as the Mediterranean Coast and as north as Finland, and have been introduced to North America. They are often found on bridges, especially near light and over water. The species tends to live on steel objects and is seldom seen on vegetation. Females reach a body length of 10–14 mm, and males 8–9 mm. Their orb webs can have diameters of up to 70 cm.
L. sclopetarius is attracted to light. Spiders found near…

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

## Photo

![Brugspin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/grey-cross-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Alexander Weigand · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/265436303

## Machine access

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