#4311 · 🕷️ spiders & kin
Moerasblinker
Heliophanus auratus
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what is it?
Heliophanus auratus is a species of jumping spider in the genus Heliophanus . It has a wide distribution across the Palearctic region.
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 12 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,993 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- Nederlands
- Moerasblinker
- scientific name
- Heliophanus auratus
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Araneae
- family
- Salticidae
- sightings in NL
- 12
- sightings in Europe
- 777
- sightings worldwide
- 1,993
- GBIF records in NL
- 89
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Salticidae
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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
#4247 📷 10Woodland Jumping Spider
🇳🇱 Bonte springspin
Evarcha falcata
👀 44 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 541791, Wikidata Q1313451, GBIF 2171934, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.