What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Goldenrod Crab Spider been recorded?

Misumena vatia occurrence evidence comes from 10,359 records in 42 countries and territories, from 1928 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

ArachnidaAraneaeThomisidaeMisumena

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

10,359 records across 42 countries and territories, 1928–2026.

Misumena vatia · GBIF taxon key 2165951

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-24. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: June.

6 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: June. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19282026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Goldenrod Crab Spider has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Goldenrod Crab Spider. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Sweden 5,286
Canada 1,571
Germany 1,268
United Kingdom 506
United States 497
France 301
Russia 219
Austria 169
Belgium 94
Finland 71
Italy 36
Luxembourg 36
Switzerland 31
Poland 29
Greece 28
Ukraine 25
Netherlands 24
Spain 18
Denmark 15
Ireland 15
Czechia 13
Estonia 13
Hungary 12
South Korea 12
Slovakia 9
Croatia 8
Lithuania 8
Guernsey 6
Romania 6
Bulgaria 5
Norway 5
Slovenia 5
Jersey 4
Portugal 3
Albania 2
Bosnia & Herzegovina 2
Liechtenstein 2
Andorra 1
North Macedonia 1
Mongolia 1

Showing the top 40 of 42 places.

Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.