Platycryptus californicus

Featured spider picture The spider species Platycryptus californicus belongs to the genus Platycryptus, in the family Salticidae. Platycryptus californicus spiders have been sighted 12 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Platycryptus californicus includes 2 countries and 5 states in the United States. Platycryptus californicus is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of May.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Platycryptus
Species: Platycryptus californicus

Author

Peckham & Peckham, 1888

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Sightings Overview

There have been 12 confirmed sightings of Platycryptus californicus, with the most recent sighting submitted on July 30, 2025 by Spider ID member seastarspider. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 12 sightings because of certain Platycryptus californicus sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 0% of the time, Platycryptus californicus spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 12)
Sex: 0 female and 2 male.
Environment: Platycryptus californicus has been sighted 4 times outdoors, and 8 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (3). Low foliage (1).