#4413 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Golden Jumping Spider

Paraphidippus aurantius

🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © David Hill · CC BY 4.0
2. © Zygy · CC0
3. © Zygy · CC0
4. © Zygy · CC0
5. © Zygy · CC0
6. © Thomas Shahan · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Jorge Vargas Ramírez · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Thomas Shahan · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Ben Gruver · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Thomas Shahan · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Paraphidippus aurantius is a species of jumping spider.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 26,100iNaturalist 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.
26,100 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Hippolyte Lucas in 1833 (193 years ago).