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Plexippus paykulli is a species of jumping spider. [1] It is native to Southeast Asia, but now has a cosmopolitan distribution. In the United States it is commonly known as the pantropical jumping spider. [2] It is usually associated with buildings [3] and may be found near light sources catching insects attracted by the light. [4]
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]
Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019 [update] , 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 ]
Ceropales bipunctata, the Two-Speckled Cuckoo Spider Wasp, is a species of diurnal, kleptoparasitic spider wasp in the family Pompilidae. [2] It is an obligate kleptoparasite, meaning that it must rely on the captured provisions of other spider wasps and cannot capture its own.
While the male is strikingly red on top, with a black band in the frontal eye region and sometimes with white setae on the forelegs, the female is of a rather inconspicuous brown color. It is one of the species of jumping spiders which are mimics of mutillid wasps (commonly known as "velvet ants"); several species of these wasps are similar in ...
Phidippus regius, commonly known as the regal jumper, [2] is a species of jumping spider found in parts of the United States and the Caribbean. [1] It is the largest species of jumping spider in eastern North America. [3]
Icius nigricaudus is a jumping spider that was first described by Wanda Wesołowska and Charles Haddad in 2009. [2] It was one of over 500 species identified by Wesołowska during her career, making her the most prolific of her time. [3] It is also known as the Blacktailed Icius Jumping Spider. [1]
Zygoballus sexpunctatus is a species of jumping spider which occurs in the southeastern United States where it can be found in a variety of grassy habitats. Adult spiders measure between 3 and 4.5 mm in length. The cephalothorax and abdomen are bronze to black in color, with reddish brown