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title: "Downy jumping spider"
description: "Attulus pubescens — Insects & spiders. Attulus pubescens is a species of jumping spiders (family Salticidae)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/downy-jumping-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Downy jumping spider

> Attulus pubescens — Insects & spiders. Attulus pubescens is a species of jumping spiders (family Salticidae).

- Scientific name: *Attulus pubescens*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 3484
- iNaturalist taxon: [1070905](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1070905)

## Names

- en: Downy jumping spider
- de: Vierpunktspringspinne

## Countries with the most observations

GB (477), DE (403), PL (328), US (144), CA (90), AT (88), UA (81), BE (71), CZ (59), DK (58), FR (49), NL (46)

## Summary

Attulus pubescens is a species of jumping spiders (family Salticidae). Until 2017, it was known as Sitticus pubescens.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attulus_pubescens

## Photo

![Downy jumping spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/downy-jumping-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Peter Gabler · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/44874395

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/downy-jumping-spider?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).