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title: "Gewone sprietspin"
description: "Tibellus oblongus — Insecten en spinnen. Tibellus oblongus, also called the oblong running spider or slender crab spider, is a spider with a Holarctic distribution."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/oblong-running-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gewone sprietspin

> Tibellus oblongus — Insecten en spinnen. Tibellus oblongus, also called the oblong running spider or slender crab spider, is a spider with a Holarctic distribution.

- Scientific name: *Tibellus oblongus*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Weiden en velden)
- iNaturalist observations: 8333
- Wikidata: [Q1758046](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1758046)
- iNaturalist taxon: [153855](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/153855)

## Names

- en: Oblong Running Spider
- de: Gewöhnlicher Halmstrecker
- es: Araña cangrejo larga
- fr: Philodrome oblong
- nl: Gewone sprietspin
- pl: Podłużnik długonogi

## Countries with the most observations

US (656), CA (417), GB (65), PL (57), FI (52), FR (44), RU (34), LT (33), PT (25), DE (17), CZ (16), ES (16)

## Summary

Tibellus oblongus, also called the oblong running spider or slender crab spider, is a spider with a Holarctic distribution. It does not spin webs, but instead actively hunts small insects, which it kills with venom. T. oblongus lives in grassy habitats and can be preyed upon by larger spiders, such as wolf spiders like Hogna baltimoriana.

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

## Photo

![Gewone sprietspin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/oblong-running-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: lucybriz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/318203297

## Machine access

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