Eris militaris
(Bronze Jumper)

Featured spider picture The spider species Eris militaris, commonly known as Bronze Jumper, belongs to the genus Eris, in the family Salticidae. Eris militaris spiders have been sighted 12 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Eris militaris includes 2 countries and 3 states in the United States. Eris militaris is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of February.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Eris
Species: Eris militaris

Common Name (AAS)

Bronze Jumper

Other Common Names

Bronze Jumping Spider

Author

Nicholas Marcellus Hentz, 1845

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Sightings Overview

There have been 12 confirmed sightings of Eris militaris (Bronze Jumper), with the most recent sighting submitted on October 24, 2018 by Spider ID member rickcwest. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 12 sightings because of certain Eris militaris sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 17% of the time, Eris militaris spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 12)
Sex: 2 female and 8 male.
Environment: Eris militaris has been sighted 11 times outdoors, and 5 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (2). Low foliage (4). High foliage (1). Open field, pasture, grassland (2). Forest (2).