26-01-2026
Ambros Hänggi is leaving the editorial team at his own request. Thank you for your many years of dedication, Ambros!

26-01-2025
Spiders of Europe covers now 5775 species with 57452 figures, 7411 photos and 4156 references.

01-11-2024
Anna Stäubli becomes a new editor of araneae - Spiders of Europe. Welcome to the team!

15-09-2024
Spiders of Europe covers now 5739 species with 56111 figures, 7388 photos and 4053 references.

01-08-2024
Daniel Gloor left the editorial group. Thank you Daniel, you gave Spiders of Europe its present form and were a stroke of luck for us.

15-01-2022
In 2021 more than 400 sessions per day.

30-10-2019
Harald Løvbrekke contributed meanwhile drawings for more than 500 species. Thank you very much!

22-10-2019
Robert Bosmans becomes a new editor of araneae - Spiders of Europe. Welcome to the team!

08-09-2019
The database comprises now species and distribution data from 5 North African countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea (thanks to Rop Bosmans).

26-05-2018
araneae - Spiders of Europe changed domain from unibe.ch to nmbe.ch.

04-07-2017
Launch of the redesigned website.

26-11-2015
SPIDOnet.gr - Spiders of Greece module online (link).

30-10-2015
Biodiversity module online (number of species, family overview and exportable country lists).