Phidippus apacheanus
(Apache Jumping Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Phidippus apacheanus, commonly known as Apache Jumping Spider, belongs to the genus Phidippus, in the family Salticidae. Phidippus apacheanus spiders have been sighted 3 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Phidippus apacheanus includes 1 countries and 2 states in the United States. Phidippus apacheanus is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of October.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Phidippus
Species: Phidippus apacheanus

Other Common Names

Apache Jumping Spider

Author

Ralph Vary Chamberlin, Willis J. Gertsch, 1929

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Sightings Overview

There have been 3 confirmed sightings of Phidippus apacheanus (Apache Jumping Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on September 28, 2025 by Spider ID member nmliz. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 3 sightings because of certain Phidippus apacheanus sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 33% of the time, Phidippus apacheanus spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 3)
Sex: 0 female and 0 male.
Environment: Phidippus apacheanus has been sighted 1 times outdoors, and 2 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (1).