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title: "Pantropical Jumping Spider"
description: "Plexippus paykulli — Owady i pająki. Plexippus paykulli is a species of jumping spider."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/pantropical-jumping-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pantropical Jumping Spider

> Plexippus paykulli — Owady i pająki. Plexippus paykulli is a species of jumping spider.

- Scientific name: *Plexippus paykulli*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `urban` (Miasta i ogrody)
- iNaturalist observations: 24995
- Wikidata: [Q1708488](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1708488)
- iNaturalist taxon: [125444](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/125444)

## Names

- en: Pantropical Jumping Spider
- es: Araña saltarina pantropical
- fr: Araignée gobe-mouche

## Countries with the most observations

US (5134), IN (2930), BR (1648), MX (1045), TH (975), ES (942), TR (866), GR (779), IL (582), JP (444), SG (250), AR (153)

## Summary

Plexippus paykulli is a species of jumping spider. It is native to Southeast Asia, but now has a cosmopolitan distribution. In the United States it is commonly known as the pantropical jumping spider. It is usually associated with buildings and may be found near light sources catching insects attracted by the light. It is named in honor of Gustaf von Paykull.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: spidereyes · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/69826899

## Machine access

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