#4187 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Fencepost jumping spider

🇳🇱 Schorsmarpissa ·Marpissa muscosa

🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Plana Baptiste · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. 1761 Anna Paulowna, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. Versterstraat, Gilze, North Brabant, NL:© Stijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Grootegast:© dhrandre · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. 3771 PC Barneveld, Netherlands:© Snev · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Maandereng, Ede, Nederland:© dr. Werner de Gier · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Westerpark, Breda, Nederland:© Jurriën de Vries · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 1098 JZ Amsterdam, Nederland:© Harry J. Walker · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Gorinchem, Netherlands:© Bart · CC BY 4.0
10. Houten:© lvdspek · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Marpissa muscosa is a species of jumping spider.

base stats

NL sightings 1,942iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 17,505iNaturalist 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 1,942 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #2 most seen of the spiders & kin in NL.
17,505 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1757 (269 years ago).