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#4290 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Bonte grasspringspin

Evarcha arcuata

🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in the Netherlands
Bonte grasspringspin, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Ruben Undheim · CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

Evarcha arcuata is a species of jumping spiders with a palearctic distribution.

base stats

  • NL sightings 15iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 8,903iNaturalist 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 15 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 8,903 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1757 (269 years ago).

fact sheet

Nederlands
Bonte grasspringspin
scientific name
Evarcha arcuata
class
Arachnida
order
Araneae
family
Salticidae
sightings in NL
15
sightings in Europe
6,229
sightings worldwide
8,903
GBIF records in NL
343
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1757 by Carl Alexander Clerck

relatives· Salticidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 357413, Wikidata Q140629, GBIF 2172846, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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