Salticus

Salticus is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae. Salticus spiders have been sighted 45 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Salticus includes 7 countries and 12 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 45 confirmed sightings of Salticus, with the most recent sighting submitted on June 10, 2019 by Spider ID member hiphopjumpybois117. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 45 sightings because of certain Salticus sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 3% of the time, Salticus spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 39)
Sex: 4 female and 10 male.
Environment: Salticus has been sighted 25 times outdoors, and 15 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (22). 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: Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington.