#4364 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Twin-flagged Jumping Spider

🇳🇱 Anasaitis canosa ·Anasaitis canosus

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what is it?

Anasaitis canosa , previously of the genus Corythalia , is a small jumping spider that can typically be found atop leaf-litter or man-made structures such as fences and exterior walls. This species is more commonly known as the twin-flagged jumping spider due to the two pennant shaped markings on the dorsal side of the cephalothorax. Typical of the genus Anasaitis , this species has iridescent setae ("scales") which may appear white, green or pink which create the "flags" as...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 20,610iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
20,610 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837 (189 years ago).