Phidippus regius
(Regal Jumping Spider)

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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

Common Name (AAS)

Regal Jumper

Other Common Names

Regal Jumping Spider

Author

C.L.Koch, 1846

Primary Colors

Sightings Overview

There have been 16 confirmed sightings of Phidippus regius (Regal Jumping Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on April 19, 2020 by Spider ID member gpertell76. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 16 sightings because of certain Phidippus regius sightings reporting incomplete data.

• Web: 0% of the time, Phidippus regius spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 16)
• Sex: 0 female and 4 male.
• Environment: Phidippus regius has been sighted 21 times outdoors, and 2 times indoors.
• Outdoors: Man-made structure (12). Low foliage (5). High foliage (1). Ground layer (1). Freshwater river, lake, stream (1). Open field, pasture, grassland (1).

Location and Range

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

Phidippus regius has also been sighted in the following states: Arizona, Florida, Georgia.

Seasonality

Phidippus regius has been primarily sighted during the month of May.

• January: 2
• February: 1
• March: 3
• April: 1
• May: 5
• June:
• July:
• August:
• September:
• October: 3
• November: 1
• December: