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#4243 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Downy jumping spider

🇳🇱 Harige springspin ·Attulus pubescens

🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in the Netherlands
Downy jumping spider, photo 1 of 8
1/8 © Allan Hopkins · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

Attulus pubescens is a species of jumping spiders (family Salticidae). Until 2017, it was known as Sitticus pubescens .

base stats

  • NL sightings 46iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 3,515iNaturalist 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

  • Spotted 46 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 3,515 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Downy jumping spider
Nederlands
Harige springspin
scientific name
Attulus pubescens
class
Arachnida
order
Araneae
family
Salticidae
sightings in NL
46
sightings in Europe
1,859
sightings worldwide
3,515
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

relatives· Salticidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1070905, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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