#4255 · 🕷️ spiders & kin
Copper Sun Jumper
🇳🇱 Gehaakte blinker ·Heliophanus cupreus
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 Blaricum, Nederland
📍 Hilversum, Netherlands
📍 De Berg Noord, Amersfoort, Nederland
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © portioid · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © portioid · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © portioid · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Raoul Gerend · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Raoul Gerend · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Blaricum, Nederland:© Steven Schulting · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Hilversum, Netherlands:© Steven Schulting · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. De Berg Noord, Amersfoort, Nederland:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0
- 10. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Heliophanus cupreus , the copper sun jumper , is a species of jumping spider belonging to the family Salticidae.
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 38 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 6,499 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1802 (224 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Copper Sun Jumper
- Nederlands
- Gehaakte blinker
- scientific name
- Heliophanus cupreus
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Araneae
- family
- Salticidae
- sightings in NL
- 38
- sightings in Europe
- 3,048
- sightings worldwide
- 6,499
- GBIF records in NL
- 53
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1802 by Charles Athanase Walckenaer
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
#4247 📷 10Woodland Jumping Spider
🇳🇱 Bonte springspin
Evarcha falcata
👀 44 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 141758, Wikidata Q1759906, GBIF 2171923, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.