Salticidae
(Jumping Spiders)

Taxonomic Hierarchy

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Arthropoda
• Class: Arachnida
• Order: Araneae
• Suborder: Araneomorphae
• Family: Salticidae

Common Name (AAS)

Jumping Spiders

Author

John Blackwall, 1841

Sightings Overview

There have been 1082 confirmed sightings of Salticidae (Jumping Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on April 11, 2025 by Spider ID member hypertay. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 1082 sightings because of certain Salticidae sightings reporting incomplete data.

• Web: 6% of the time, Salticidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 1080)
• Sex: 42 female and 167 male.
• Environment: Salticidae has been sighted 795 times outdoors, and 386 times indoors.
• Outdoors: Man-made structure (499). On flower (10). Low foliage (123). High foliage (37). Ground layer (63). Under rock or debris (9). Freshwater river, lake, stream (8). Saltwater (3). Open field, pasture, grassland (12). Forest (26). Desert area (5).

Location and Range

Salticidae (Jumping Spiders) has been sighted in the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Cape Verde, Croatia, Cyprus, Ecuador, Egypt, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vietnam.

Salticidae has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.

Seasonality

Salticidae has been primarily sighted during the month of May.

• January: 27
• February: 69
• March: 126
• April: 194
• May: 369
• June: 116
• July: 27
• August: 33
• September: 32
• October: 43
• November: 12
• December: 32