Paraphidippus

Paraphidippus is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae. Paraphidippus spiders have been sighted 24 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Paraphidippus includes 1 countries and 15 states in the United States. Paraphidippus is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of July.

Overview

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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

Author

F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901

Sightings Overview

There have been 24 confirmed sightings of Paraphidippus, with the most recent sighting submitted on October 1, 2026 by Spider ID member woodly-creature. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 24 sightings because of certain Paraphidippus sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 4% of the time, Paraphidippus spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 24)
Sex: 1 female and 5 male.
Environment: Paraphidippus has been sighted 27 times outdoors, and 2 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (14). Low foliage (5). High foliage (2). Ground layer (4). Forest (2).

Location and Range

Paraphidippus has been sighted in the following countries: United States.

Paraphidippus has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia.

Seasonality

Paraphidippus has been primarily sighted during the month of July.

January:
February:
March:
April: 4
May: 5
June: 6
July: 6
August: 2
September:
October: 1
November:
December:

Paraphidippus Species

Paraphidippus aurantius
(Emerald Jumping Spider)

24 pictures