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title: "Oblong Running Spider"
description: "Tibellus oblongus — Insetos e aranhas. Tibellus oblongus, also called the oblong running spider or slender crab spider, is a spider with a Holarctic distribution."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/oblong-running-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Oblong Running Spider

> Tibellus oblongus — Insetos e aranhas. 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` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Campos e prados)
- 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

![Oblong Running Spider](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=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).