#4430 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

flea jumping spider

Naphrys pulex

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

1. © Norm Townsend · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Denis Doucet · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Jason M Crockwell · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © Ben Gruver · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Michael · CC BY 4.0
6. © Kurt Andreas · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. © Buddy · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Naphrys pulex is a species of spider from the family Salticidae that is widely distributed in Canada and the United States.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 14,872iNaturalist 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.
14,872 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz in 1846 (180 years ago).