Taxonomic Hierarchy
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Suborder: Araneomorphae
- Family: Salticidae
- Genus: Phidippus
Author
Carl Ludwig Koch, 1846
Sightings Overview
There have been 357 confirmed sightings of Phidippus, with the most recent sighting submitted on October 5, 2023 by Spider ID member jayjaylikesbugs. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 357 sightings because of certain Phidippus sightings reporting incomplete data.
- Web: 7% of the time, Phidippus spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 355)
- Sex: 12 female and 32 male.
- Environment: Phidippus has been sighted 250 times outdoors, and 136 times indoors.
- Outdoors: Man-made structure (175). On flower (4). Low foliage (31). High foliage (4). Ground layer (19). Under rock or debris (5). Freshwater river, lake, stream (2). Saltwater (1). Open field, pasture, grassland (4). Forest (2). Desert area (3).
Location and Range
Phidippus has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, United States.
Phidippus has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, 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
Phidippus has been primarily sighted during the month of May.
- January: 7
- February: 14
- March: 39
- April: 62
- May: 142
- June: 41
- July: 5
- August: 1
- September: 8
- October: 19
- November: 8
- December: 9