Salticus

Salticus is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae. Salticus spiders have been sighted 47 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Salticus includes 7 countries and 14 states in the United States. Salticus is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of May.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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

Author

Pierre André Latreille, 1804

Sightings Overview

There have been 47 confirmed sightings of Salticus, with the most recent sighting submitted on November 17, 2019 by Spider ID member j_staff99. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 47 sightings because of certain Salticus sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 2% of the time, Salticus spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 41)
Sex: 4 female and 10 male.
Environment: Salticus has been sighted 27 times outdoors, and 15 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (24). Low foliage (1). High foliage (1). Ground layer (1).

Location and Range

Salticus has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, Germany, Romania, Russia, Spain, United Kingdom, United States.

Salticus has also been sighted in the following states: Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington, Wisconsin.