Salticus

Salticus is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae. Salticus spiders have been sighted 44 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Salticus includes 8 countries and 13 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 44 confirmed sightings of Salticus, with the most recent sighting submitted on August 9, 2023 by Spider ID member xenown. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 44 sightings because of certain Salticus sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 2% of the time, Salticus spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 44)
Sex: 3 female and 6 male.
Environment: Salticus has been sighted 29 times outdoors, and 16 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (26). 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, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States.

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