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title: "Golden Jumping Spider"
description: "Paraphidippus aurantius — Insetos e aranhas. Paraphidippus aurantius is a species of jumping spider, commonly known as the emerald jumping spider or golden jumping spider."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/golden-jumping-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Golden Jumping Spider

> Paraphidippus aurantius — Insetos e aranhas. Paraphidippus aurantius is a species of jumping spider, commonly known as the emerald jumping spider or golden jumping spider.

- Scientific name: *Paraphidippus aurantius*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 25263
- Wikidata: [Q1813731](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1813731)
- iNaturalist taxon: [84494](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/84494)

## Names

- en: Golden Jumping Spider
- es: Araña saltarina verde dorada

## Countries with the most observations

US (16646), MX (5701), GT (81), HN (80), CR (79), CA (68), NI (56), SV (12), PA (7)

## Summary

Paraphidippus aurantius is a species of jumping spider, commonly known as the emerald jumping spider or golden jumping spider. P. aurantius is a solitary hunter, with a fairly large size for a jumping spider. It is green or black with white side stripes on each side of its head and a white border around the top of the abdomen. It also has a midline of hairs down its center with small white dots and lines on either side.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Zygy · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/176005343

## Machine access

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