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title: "House Jumping Spider"
description: "Pseudeuophrys lanigera — Insects & spiders. Pseudeuophrys lanigera is a species of jumping spider (family Salticidae) that is distributed throughout Europe."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/house-jumping-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# House Jumping Spider

> Pseudeuophrys lanigera — Insects & spiders. Pseudeuophrys lanigera is a species of jumping spider (family Salticidae) that is distributed throughout Europe.

- Scientific name: *Pseudeuophrys lanigera*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `urban` (Towns & gardens)
- iNaturalist observations: 7843
- Wikidata: [Q2201109](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2201109)
- iNaturalist taxon: [466999](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/466999)

## Names

- en: House Jumping Spider
- de: Wollige Mauerspringspinne
- fr: Pseudeuophrys commun
- nl: Huisspringspin

## Countries with the most observations

GB (1054), DE (733), FR (685), AT (575), DK (204), ES (147), US (137), CH (119), NL (110), BE (108), CZ (100), PL (86)

## Summary

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

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

## Photo

![House Jumping Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/house-jumping-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Anders Gideon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/86460751

## Machine access

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