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title: "Fencepost jumping spider"
description: "Marpissa muscosa — Insetos e aranhas. Marpissa muscosa is a species of jumping spider."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/fencepost-jumping-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Fencepost jumping spider

> Marpissa muscosa — Insetos e aranhas. Marpissa muscosa is a species of jumping spider.

- Scientific name: *Marpissa muscosa*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 17326
- Wikidata: [Q1070431](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1070431)
- iNaturalist taxon: [146723](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/146723)

## Names

- en: Fencepost jumping spider
- de: Rindenspringspinne
- fr: Marpissa des écorces
- nl: Schorsmarpissa
- pl: Rozciągnik mchuś

## Countries with the most observations

DE (4982), FR (2482), NL (1900), DK (1019), BE (910), AT (891), GB (593), CH (554), PL (527), IT (465), SE (446), LU (341)

## Summary

Marpissa muscosa is a species of jumping spider.

 
On average, females have body length ranging from 7.5–14mm, whereas males have a body length ranging from 6–8.1mm. Both sexes are coloured grey to brown. The whole spider has a furry appearance and is flattened in shape.
The species builds a kind of nest under the bark of dead trees. Up to 100 of these nests can occur side by side. Like other species of Marpissa spiders, it demonstrates a social hierarchy: weaker animals will acknowledge their inferiority by strutting their front legs and slowly retreating from the scene. Early environmental conditions shape personality…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: luckilucki · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/173071010

## Machine access

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