#4381 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

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Heliophanus tribulosus

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Paolo Zucca · CC BY 4.0
2. © Alaric P · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Sylvain Montagner · CC BY 4.0
4. © Lupoli Roland · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Marcel Nadal · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © André MIQUET · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Mondego:© David Gil · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 34800 Clermont-l'Hérault, France:© durand_mathis · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Obor, Focșani, Romania:© Zachi Mihai · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 56530 Quéven, France:© Gertrude Requiem · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Heliophanus tribulosus is a species of 'jumping spiders' belonging to the family Salticidae. This species is present in most of Europe east to Kazakhstan.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,663iNaturalist 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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
2,663 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Eugène Simon in 1868 (158 years ago).