Nosferatu spider

English thumb|right|250px|A Nosferatu spider, showing the supposedly vampiric markings. Etymology en de Nosferatu-Spinne. Named for the resemblance of its markings to the vampire Count Orlok from the 1922 movie Nosferatu. Noun Zoropsis spinimana species, a relatively large hunting spider originally from southern Europe. en https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/alien-spiders-make-switzerland-their-new-home-should-we-worry/48137212 Alien spiders in Switzerland – how worried should we be? 2022-12-17 SWI swissinfo.ch This autumn media reports and social media posts about the rapid spread of so-called Nosferatu spiders have caused unease throughout Switzerland. https://web.archive.org/web/20251115090047/https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/alien-spiders-make-switzerland-their-new-home-should-we-worry/48137212 15 November 2025 en https://industry.nikon.com/en-gb/blog/scan-of-the-month-september-its-spider-season/ Scan of the month September – It’s spider season 2023-09-23 Nikon This month, Nikon Metrology’s Thomas Dreisbusch, Application Engineer X-ray & CT, has scanned a spider whose name alone causes fear and terror: the Nosferatu spider (Zoropsis spinimana). https://web.archive.org/web/20260313170711/https://industry.nikon.com/en-gb/blog/scan-of-the-month-september-its-spider-season/ 13 March 2026 Further reading Zoropsis spinimana 1 Zoropsis spinimana 1 Zoropsis spinimana 1 en Spiders