Banded Phintella

Phintella vittata · Order: Araneae · Family: Salticidae

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Banded Phintella
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 3.0

Males are about 3.1 mm long and females about 3.3 mm in total length. They show a metallic golden to bluish-brown shine that looks vivid in natural light, with two side and one middle white bands across the back.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

They have a metallic golden or bluish-brown color that is bright in natural light and display two lateral and one median white transverse bands on the dorsum.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

Males measure roughly 3.12 mm and females about 3.30 mm in total body length.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Banded Phintella photo 3
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Banded Phintella photo 5
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Banded Phintella photo 6
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA

Same family (Salticidae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phintella_vittata

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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