#4193 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Zebra Jumping Spider

🇳🇱 Huiszebraspin ·Salticus scenicus

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

1. © Анатолий Озерной /Anatoly Ozernoy · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Анатолий Озерной /Anatoly Ozernoy · CC BY-SA 4.0
3. © Tyler Bishop · CC BY 4.0
4. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. 1761 Anna Paulowna, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Herewegwijk en Helpman, Groningen, Netherlands:© Rainer Breitling · CC BY 4.0
7. 1761 Anna Paulowna, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Oranjebuurt, Groningen, Netherlands:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 1761 Anna Paulowna, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. De Wittenkade, 1052 AE Amsterdam, Nederland:© Joost · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The zebra back spider ( Salticus scenicus ) is a common jumping spider of the Northern Hemisphere. Like other jumping spiders it does not build a web. It uses its four pairs of large eyes to locate and stalk its prey before pouncing on it. Their common name refers to their vivid black and white colouration, whilst their scientific name derives from Salticus from the Latin for “dancing”, in reference to their agility, and the Greek scenicus , translating...

base stats

NL sightings 613iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 75,885iNaturalist 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 613 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #8 most seen of the spiders & kin in NL.
75,885 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1757 (269 years ago).