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Phidippus audax are commonly referred to as "bold jumping spiders" or "bold jumpers". [8] The species name, audax, is a Latin adjective meaning "audacious" or "bold". [8] This name was first used to describe the species by French arachnologist Nicholas Marcellus Hentz, who described the spider as being, "very bold, often jumping on the hand which threatens it". [9]
Chalcoscirtus lepidus is a small spider. [9] The male has a brown carapace that is typically 1.06 mm (0.04 in) long and 0.69 mm (0.03 in) wide. It has a pattern of black veins and has a sparse covering of light elongated scales. The eye field is dark brown with the area around the eyes is black. The spider's face, clypeus, is yellow-brown and ...
[1] [3] Adult female P. regius measure 15 mm (0.59 in) long on average, but can range between 7–22 mm (0.28–0.87 in) long. They may exhibit white or orange markings on the opisthosoma similar to the white markings seen in males, but the rest of the body is largely covered with scales which may be brown, orange, tan, gray, or a combination ...
As of 2019, this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, [1] making it the largest family of spiders – comprising 13% of spider species. [2] Jumping spiders have some of the best vision among arthropods — being capable of stereoptic color vision — and use sight in courtship, hunting, and navigation ...
Phidippus otiosus is a species of jumping spider that is found in southeastern North America. It is primarily a tree-living species. [1] Females reach a body length of about 16 mm. Its iridescent chelicerae can range in color from purple to green.
Marpissa muscosa is a species of jumping spider. Marpissa muscosa, female. On average, females have body length ranging from 7.5–14mm, whereas males have a body length ranging from 6–8.1mm. [1] Both sexes are coloured grey to brown. The whole spider has a furry appearance and is flattened in shape.
Most of the time they feed on prey about half their own size, but a range from 2 millimetres (0.079 in) to about 1 centimetre (0.39 in) has been observed. Although found to feed on a wide variety of insects (e.g., flies , bugs and moth caterpillars and adults), they also prey heavily on spiders.
Colonus puerperus is a species of jumping spider commonly found in the eastern United States. Its range stretches along the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas, and north to Kansas, Illinois, and Pennsylvania. [2] It is usually found in grassy areas during the warmer months of the year. [3] Adult females are between 7 and 11 mm (0.3–0.4 in) in ...