Philaeus chrysops

Featured spider picture The spider species Philaeus chrysops belongs to the genus Philaeus, in the family Salticidae. Philaeus chrysops spiders have been sighted 8 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Philaeus chrysops includes 4 countries and 0 states in the United States. Philaeus chrysops is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of May.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Philaeus
Species: Philaeus chrysops

Author

(Poda, 1761)

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Sightings Overview

There have been 8 confirmed sightings of Philaeus chrysops, with the most recent sighting submitted on May 27, 2019 by Spider ID member paty. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 8 sightings because of certain Philaeus chrysops sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 0% of the time, Philaeus chrysops spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 8)
Sex: 0 female and 3 male.
Environment: Philaeus chrysops has been sighted 10 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (6). Low foliage (1). Ground layer (1). Freshwater river, lake, stream (1). Desert area (1).