Found this spider in Assen(NL) can anyone identify it?

  • @tobogganablaze
    link
    English
    4
    edit-2
    2 months ago

    Or Araniella cucurbitina in English.

    That’s actually the taxonomic name so it’s good in all languages.

    • DosDude👾
      link
      fedilink
      English
      3
      edit-2
      2 months ago

      I was hinting more at the Wikipedia page language, but yeah. It’s the scientific name, so good in most if not all languages.

      Edited.

      • @tobogganablaze
        link
        English
        2
        edit-2
        2 months ago

        All good. “common names” can actually be incredibly tricky and sometimes they even differ by just geography but suddenly mean a totally different spider. Like “house spiders” mean different spiders in the US or Europe. That’s why the taxanomic names are really important.

        Another very good example is “daddy long legs” which can mean “cellar spider”, “harvestmen” or “crane fly”. Entire different families of animals even.

    • MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown
      link
      fedilink
      12 months ago

      Ah. My favorite Henry Ford quote:

      The taxonomist can have the name in any language they want, so long as it is Latin.