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#4214 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

House Jumping Spider

🇳🇱 Huisspringspin ·Pseudeuophrys lanigera

🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in the Netherlands
House Jumping Spider, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

Pseudeuophrys lanigera is a species of jumping spider (family Salticidae) that is distributed throughout Europe.

base stats

  • NL sightings 113iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 8,168iNaturalist 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 113 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #29 most seen of the spiders & kin in NL.
  • 8,168 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Eugène Simon in 1871 (155 years ago).

fact sheet

English
House Jumping Spider
Nederlands
Huisspringspin
scientific name
Pseudeuophrys lanigera
class
Arachnida
order
Araneae
family
Salticidae
sightings in NL
113
sightings in Europe
4,285
sightings worldwide
8,168
GBIF records in NL
1,321
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1871 by Eugène Simon

relatives· Salticidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 466999, Wikidata Q2201109, GBIF 2173236, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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