#4268 · 🕷️ spiders & kin
White-Palped Jumping Spider
🇳🇱 Gewone zwartkop ·Euophrys frontalis
📍 Drenthe, NL
📍 Egmond aan Zee, Nederland
📍 Otterlo, Nederland
📍 6721 MK Bennekom, Netherlands
📍 Harderwijk, Nederland
📍 Alphen, North Brabant, NL
📍 9351 JX Leek, Netherlands
📍 5944 Arcen, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Ryszard · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Анатолий Озерной /Anatoly Ozernoy · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Drenthe, NL:© nin99 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. Egmond aan Zee, Nederland:© ロビン · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Otterlo, Nederland:© ロビン · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. 6721 MK Bennekom, Netherlands:© Daniel Onneweer · CC BY 4.0
- 7. Harderwijk, Nederland:© ロビン · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Alphen, North Brabant, NL:© Mike · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 9351 JX Leek, Netherlands:© Joren van Schie · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 5944 Arcen, Nederland:© Michelle · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Euophrys frontalis is a species of jumping spiders in the genus Euophrys that has a range that stretches across Europe and Asia.
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
- Spotted 25 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,516 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1802 (224 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- White-Palped Jumping Spider
- Nederlands
- Gewone zwartkop
- scientific name
- Euophrys frontalis
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Araneae
- family
- Salticidae
- sightings in NL
- 25
- sightings in Europe
- 1,075
- sightings worldwide
- 1,516
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,382
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1802 by Charles Athanase Walckenaer
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#4214 📷 10House Jumping Spider
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Pseudeuophrys lanigera
👀 113 in NL
#4234 📷 10Mile End Jumping Spider
🇳🇱 Ovale Dennenspringer
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👀 67 in NL
#4240 📷 10V-Signed Jumping Spider
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👀 58 in NL
#4243 📷 8Downy jumping spider
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 362098, Wikidata Q1058583, GBIF 5172110, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.