#4266 · 🕷️ spiders & kin
Beardfooted spider
🇳🇱 Baardpootspringspin ·Saitis barbipes
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Alaric P · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Raphaël Grellety · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Misia Clive · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Loïs Rancilhac · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Óscar Mendez · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Óscar Mendez · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Wageningen, Nederland:© rbeunen · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 8. Noord-Brabant, NL:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0
- 9. Noord-Brabant, NL:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0
- 10. Noord-Brabant, NL:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
Saitis barbipes is a common jumping spider in the Mediterranean region, where it can be found on houses and rocks, as well as indoors.
base stats
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 28 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 5,135 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Eugène Simon in 1868 (158 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Beardfooted spider
- Nederlands
- Baardpootspringspin
- scientific name
- Saitis barbipes
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Araneae
- family
- Salticidae
- sightings in NL
- 28
- sightings in Europe
- 4,364
- sightings worldwide
- 5,135
- GBIF records in NL
- 553
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1868 by Eugène Simon
relatives· Salticidae
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👀 1.9k in NL
#4193 📷 10Zebra Jumping Spider
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Salticus scenicus
👀 613 in NL
#4213 📷 10Oak Jumping Spider
🇳🇱 Eikenspringspin
Ballus chalybeius
👀 119 in NL
#4214 📷 10House Jumping Spider
🇳🇱 Huisspringspin
Pseudeuophrys lanigera
👀 113 in NL
#4234 📷 10Mile End Jumping Spider
🇳🇱 Ovale Dennenspringer
Macaroeris nidicolens
👀 67 in NL
#4240 📷 10V-Signed Jumping Spider
🇳🇱 V-vlekspringspin
Aelurillus v-insignitus
👀 58 in NL
#4243 📷 8Downy jumping spider
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Attulus pubescens
👀 46 in NL
#4247 📷 10Woodland Jumping Spider
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Evarcha falcata
👀 44 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 487303, Wikidata Q310827, GBIF 2174528, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.