Phidippus otiosus
(Canopy Jumping Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Phidippus otiosus, commonly known as Canopy Jumping Spider, belongs to the genus Phidippus, in the family Salticidae. Phidippus otiosus spiders have been sighted 19 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Phidippus otiosus includes 1 countries and 8 states in the United States. Phidippus otiosus is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of October.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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

Other Common Names

Canopy Jumping Spider

Author

Nicholas Marcellus Hentz, 1846

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Sightings Overview

There have been 19 confirmed sightings of Phidippus otiosus (Canopy Jumping Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on February 11, 2020 by Spider ID member jco. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 19 sightings because of certain Phidippus otiosus sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 11% of the time, Phidippus otiosus spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 19)
Sex: 1 female and 0 male.
Environment: Phidippus otiosus has been sighted 12 times outdoors, and 7 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (11). Low foliage (1).

Location and Range

Phidippus otiosus (Canopy Jumping Spider) has been sighted in the following countries: United States.

Phidippus otiosus has also been sighted in the following states: Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia.