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 359 confirmed sightings of Phidippus, with the most recent sighting submitted on June 9, 2024 by Spider ID member spinkitty. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 359 sightings because of certain Phidippus sightings reporting incomplete data.
- Web: 7% of the time, Phidippus spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 357)
- Sex: 12 female and 33 male.
- Environment: Phidippus has been sighted 251 times outdoors, and 137 times indoors.
- Outdoors: Man-made structure (176). 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: 15
- March: 39
- April: 62
- May: 141
- June: 43
- July: 5
- August: 1
- September: 8
- October: 19
- November: 8
- December: 9