#4422 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Johnson's Jumping Spider

Phidippus johnsoni

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

1. © Lynette Schimming · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. Sycamore Canyon Wilderness Park, Riverside, CA, US:© hsug1747 · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. San Clemente Island Underwater Range, CA, US:© shrike2 · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Santa Fe, Oakland, CA, US:© Cat Chang · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. British Columbia, CA:© Justin Chan · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Mount Kobau, Okanagan Valley, BC, Canada:© John D Reynolds · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Palm Springs, CA 92262, USA:© cateybug · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Sonoma County, US-CA, US:© Di · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Galiano Island, BC V0N 1P0, Canada:© Andrew Simon · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Massachusetts, US:© Stephanie Fletcher · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Phidippus johnsoni , the red-backed jumping spider , is one of the largest and most commonly encountered jumping spiders of western North America. It is not to be confused with the unrelated and highly venomous redback spider ( Latrodectus hasselti ).

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 18,086iNaturalist 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.
18,086 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by George Peckham in 1883 (143 years ago).