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title: "North Queensland Jumping Spider"
description: "Cosmophasis micarioides — Insects & spiders. Cosmophasis micarioides is a species of jumping spider found in Papua New Guinea, Australia and the Solomon Islands."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/north-queensland-jumping-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# North Queensland Jumping Spider

> Cosmophasis micarioides — Insects & spiders. Cosmophasis micarioides is a species of jumping spider found in Papua New Guinea, Australia and the Solomon Islands.

- Scientific name: *Cosmophasis micarioides*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2212
- Wikidata: [Q2169307](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2169307)
- iNaturalist taxon: [368446](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/368446)

## Names

- en: North Queensland Jumping Spider

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1887), ID (3)

## Summary

Cosmophasis micarioides is a species of jumping spider found in Papua New Guinea, Australia and the Solomon Islands. The common name is sparkling northern jumping spider. When in motion, the male spider bobs its abdomen up and down reflecting sunlight that causes a characteristic sparkle.

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

## Photo

![North Queensland Jumping Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/north-queensland-jumping-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jemma Montgomery · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/345399724

## Machine access

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