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Downy jumping spider

Attulus pubescens (Fabricius, 1775)

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The downy jumping spider (Attulus pubescens) is a species in the family Salticidae, order Araneae. Recorded adults reach 5.07 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 3 countries: Germany, Italy and Ukraine.

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Quick facts about the downy jumping spider

Weight
Not recorded
Length
5.07 mm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
By day (diurnal)
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
3 countriessrc for Countries on record

How big is the downy jumping spider?

DOWNY JUMPING SPIDER · LENGTH 5.07 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 5.07 mm, the recorded maximum length of the downy jumping spider is about 0.3% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the downy jumping spider live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The downy jumping spider is listed for 3 countries.

UkraineGermanyItaly
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Germany
  2. Italy
  3. Ukraine

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the downy jumping spider as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. United Kingdom
  2. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the downy jumping spider endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the downy jumping spider classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderAraneae
  5. familySalticidae
  6. genusAttulus
  7. SpeciesAttulus pubescens (Fabricius, 1775)

Synonyms Aranea pubescens, Attulus decorus, Attulus nigromaculatus, Attulus pratincola, Attulus pugnax, Attulus scolopax, Attulus sparsus, Attulus trilineatus, Attulus unifasciatus, Hypositticus pubescens, Sitticus pubescens, Sitticus pubescens subsp. sparsus, Sitticus sparsus, Sitticus truncorum, Sittipub pubescens

Other names and names in other languages (12)
  • skákavka okenníCzech
  • MurspringerDanish
  • VierpunktspringspinneGerman
  • karvatäplähypykkiFinnish
  • bozontos ugrópókHungarian
  • Plaukuotasis dėmėtšoklisLithuanian
  • murvegghopperNorwegian Bokmål
  • Harige springspinDutch
  • Skoczek skromnyPolish
  • skákavka chlpatáSlovak
  • klipphoppspindelSwedish
  • Behaarter HocklingGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the downy jumping spider

Other species in the same genus Attulus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the downy jumping spider?

An adult downy jumping spider measures 5.07 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the downy jumping spider live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the downy jumping spider for 3 countries: Germany, Italy and Ukraine. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the downy jumping spider an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the downy jumping spider as introduced in 2 countries: United Kingdom and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the downy jumping spider?

The downy jumping spider (Attulus pubescens) belongs to the family Salticidae in the order Araneae.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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BibTeX
@misc{downy_jumping_spider_2026,
  title = {Downy jumping spider (Attulus pubescens)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/downy-jumping-spider},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}