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#4400 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Tan Jumping Spider

Platycryptus undatus

🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 outside Europe
Tan Jumping Spider, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Ben Gruver · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Platycryptus undatus , also called tan jumping spider , is a species of jumping spider.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 59,451iNaturalist 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.
  • 59,451 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Charles De Geer in 1778 (248 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Tan Jumping Spider
scientific name
Platycryptus undatus
class
Arachnida
order
Araneae
family
Salticidae
sightings in NL
0
sightings worldwide
59,451
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1778 by Charles De Geer

relatives· Salticidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 81839, Wikidata Q291947, GBIF 2171189, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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