#4247 · 🕷️ spiders & kin
Woodland Jumping Spider
🇳🇱 Bonte springspin ·Evarcha falcata
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © astrobert · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Lukas Jonaitis · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Lukas Jonaitis · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Valentin Hamon · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Ede, Alankomaat:© Matti Brandon · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Otterlo, Netherlands:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0
- 9. Rozendaal, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Ooij:© jeroenbleijs · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Evarcha falcata is a species of jumping spiders with Palaearctic distribution.
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 44 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 4,501 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1757 (269 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Woodland Jumping Spider
- Nederlands
- Bonte springspin
- scientific name
- Evarcha falcata
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Araneae
- family
- Salticidae
- sightings in NL
- 44
- sightings in Europe
- 3,000
- sightings worldwide
- 4,501
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,354
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1757 by Carl Alexander Clerck
relatives· Salticidae
#4187 📷 10Fencepost jumping spider
🇳🇱 Schorsmarpissa
Marpissa muscosa
👀 1.9k in NL
#4193 📷 10Zebra Jumping Spider
🇳🇱 Huiszebraspin
Salticus scenicus
👀 613 in NL
#4213 📷 10Oak Jumping Spider
🇳🇱 Eikenspringspin
Ballus chalybeius
👀 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
🇳🇱 Harige springspin
Attulus pubescens
👀 46 in NL
#4249 📷 10Adanson's House Jumper
🇳🇱 Kasspringspin
Hasarius adansoni
LC 👀 41 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 61761, Wikidata Q136182, GBIF 2172729, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.