Plexippus

Plexippus is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae. Plexippus spiders have been sighted 18 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Plexippus includes 1 countries and 5 states in the United States. Plexippus is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of May.

Overview

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Plexippus

Author

C. L. Koch, 1846

Sightings Overview

There have been 18 confirmed sightings of Plexippus, with the most recent sighting submitted on May 11, 2025 by Spider ID member littlebean92. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 18 sightings because of certain Plexippus sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 6% of the time, Plexippus spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 18)
Sex: 4 female and 6 male.
Environment: Plexippus has been sighted 6 times outdoors, and 12 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (4). Low foliage (2).

Location and Range

Plexippus has been sighted in the following countries: United States.

Plexippus has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Florida, South Carolina, Texas.

Seasonality

Plexippus has been primarily sighted during the month of May.

January: 1
February: 1
March: 2
April: 2
May: 9
June:
July:
August:
September: 2
October: 1
November:
December:

Plexippus Species

Plexippus paykulli
(Pantropical Jumper)

18 pictures

Plexippus petersi

0 pictures