Maevia inclemens
(Dimorphic Jumper)

Featured spider picture The spider species Maevia inclemens, commonly known as Dimorphic Jumper, belongs to the genus Maevia, in the family Salticidae. Maevia inclemens spiders have been sighted 32 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Maevia inclemens includes 1 countries and 17 states in the United States. Maevia inclemens 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: Maevia
Species: Maevia inclemens

Common Name (AAS)

Dimorphic Jumper

Other Common Names

Dimorphic Jumping Spider

Author

(Walckenaer, 1837)

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Sightings Overview

There have been 32 confirmed sightings of Maevia inclemens (Dimorphic Jumper), with the most recent sighting submitted on September 5, 2025 by Spider ID member swindall_spider. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 32 sightings because of certain Maevia inclemens sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 6% of the time, Maevia inclemens spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 32)
Sex: 2 female and 8 male.
Environment: Maevia inclemens has been sighted 22 times outdoors, and 10 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (16). Low foliage (5). High foliage (1).

Location and Range

Maevia inclemens (Dimorphic Jumper) has been sighted in the following countries: United States.

Maevia inclemens has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Connecticut, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas.