#4412 · 🕷️ spiders & kin
Bronze Jumping Spider
Eris militaris
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Thomas Shahan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Thomas Shahan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Zygy · CC0
- 4. © Curtis Meyers · CC BY-SA 4.0
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- 7. © Bill Keim · CC BY 4.0
- 8. © Thomas Shahan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Will Linnard · CC BY 4.0
- 10. © Meghan Cassidy · CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
Eris militaris , known generally as the bronze jumper or bronze lake jumper , is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae. It is found in the United States and Canada.
base stats
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.
- 27,690 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz in 1845 (181 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Bronze Jumping Spider
- scientific name
- Eris militaris
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Araneae
- family
- Salticidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 27,690
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1845 by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz
relatives· Salticidae
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👀 613 in NL
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👀 119 in NL
#4214 📷 10House Jumping Spider
🇳🇱 Huisspringspin
Pseudeuophrys lanigera
👀 113 in NL
#4234 📷 10Mile End Jumping Spider
🇳🇱 Ovale Dennenspringer
Macaroeris nidicolens
👀 67 in NL
#4240 📷 10V-Signed Jumping Spider
🇳🇱 V-vlekspringspin
Aelurillus v-insignitus
👀 58 in NL
#4243 📷 8Downy jumping spider
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Evarcha falcata
👀 44 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 121445, Wikidata Q2364208, GBIF 5173576, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.