Complete Guide To The Brilliant Jumping Spider
Brilliant Jumping Spider
Female Brilliant Jumping Spider Images
Male Brilliant Jumping Spider Images
How To Identify Brilliant Jumping Spiders
- Like many spiders, Brilliant Jumping Spiders are sexually dimorphic.
- Females Brilliant Jumping Spiders grow to 0.4 inches (1.0 cm) in total body length:
- Are shades of tan, yellow, brown, and black overall.
- Iridescent green chelicerae.
- The dorsal surface of their abdomens have two dark bands that enclose white spots, and the front of their abdomens is edged with a wide, conspicuous, pale band.
- Male Brilliant Jumping Spiders grow to 0.3 inches (0.7 cm) in total body length:
- Black cephalothorax.
- Have iridescent turquoise chelicerae.
- The dorsal surface of their abdomens are covered in a wide, bright red patch split by a wide, uneven, black center band, and the front of their abdomens is edged with a thin, white band.
- Legs are covered in short, black and white hairs.
Brilliant Jumping Spiders Notes
- Brilliant Jumping Spiders are one of the more common jumping spiders spotted by casual observers.
- They live throughout North Carolina and their preferred habitat is one in which humans often wander—areas surrounded by low, herbaceous vegetation, such as along roadsides and man-made nature trails.
- These spiders will often crawl out into the open to investigate still and patient observers.
- These spiders hunt by either coursing along the vegetation until they encounter prey or by lying in wait for prey to approach. They eat a wide variety of insects, including:
- Species in the “true bug” order Homoptera, suborder Auchenorrhyncha, which includes species such as Meadow Spittlebug Froghoppers (Philaenus spumaris) and Common Meadow Katydids (Ochelium vulgare) (Lichtenstein, Rice, and Pruitt 2018, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-018-2487-5).
- Species in order Orthoptera, which includes grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids.
- Flies (order Diptera).
Brilliant Jumping Spider Classification
|
Phylum |
Arthropoda |
|
Class |
Arachnida |
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Order |
Araneae |
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Family |
Salticidae |
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Genus |
Phidippus |
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Species |
P. clarus |
Binomial Name |
Phidippus clarus |
