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title: "Mediterranean white-banded spider"
description: "Evarcha jucunda — Insetti e ragni. Evarcha jucunda, known as the mediterranean white-banded spider, is a species of jumping spider."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/mediterranean-white-banded-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mediterranean white-banded spider

> Evarcha jucunda — Insetti e ragni. Evarcha jucunda, known as the mediterranean white-banded spider, is a species of jumping spider.

- Scientific name: *Evarcha jucunda*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 6466
- Wikidata: [Q2560719](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2560719)
- iNaturalist taxon: [194133](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/194133)

## Names

- en: Mediterranean white-banded spider
- de: Mittelmeer-Sichelspringer
- fr: Evarcha charmante
- nl: Mediterrane grasspin

## Countries with the most observations

IT (1434), FR (967), ES (950), PT (485), GR (324), HR (318), TR (125), ME (66), BG (34), AL (30), DZ (25), GB (17)

## Summary

Evarcha jucunda, known as the mediterranean white-banded spider, is a species of jumping spider.
It occurs naturally in the Mediterranean region, but was introduced to Belgium. It is also sometimes found in German greenhouses. Typically, it shows a large white or yellowish band surrounding the head region and a smaller one at the anterior end of abdomen. Males are black with a white line around their head and the top of their abdomen, which is brown.

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

## Photo

![Mediterranean white-banded spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mediterranean-white-banded-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Irene Saltini · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/168648446

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mediterranean-white-banded-spider?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).