Colonus sylvanus
(Sylvana Jumping Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Colonus sylvanus, commonly known as Sylvana Jumping Spider, belongs to the genus Colonus, in the family Salticidae. Colonus sylvanus spiders have been sighted 11 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Colonus sylvanus includes 1 countries and 8 states in the United States. Colonus sylvanus 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: Colonus
Species: Colonus sylvanus

Other Common Names

Sylvana Jumping Spider

Author

(Hentz, 1846)

Primary Colors

Sightings Overview

There have been 11 confirmed sightings of Colonus sylvanus (Sylvana Jumping Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on May 27, 2019 by Spider ID member rdoren. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 11 sightings because of certain Colonus sylvanus sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 0% of the time, Colonus sylvanus spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 11)
Sex: 0 female and 4 male.
Environment: Colonus sylvanus has been sighted 15 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (8). Low foliage (4). High foliage (2). Freshwater river, lake, stream (1).