Buttonhook Leafbeetle Jumping Spider

Sassacus vitis · Order: Araneae · Family: Salticidae

Also called: jumping spiders

No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.
Buttonhook Leafbeetle Jumping Spider
Photo: unknown, CC0

These spiders are tiny, usually no bigger than five millimetres, with females larger and duller than males. They are native to North America, ranging from Canada down to Panama.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Females are larger than males and have duller coloration.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

Adults are normally no larger than five millimetres.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Found throughout North America, from Canada to Panama.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 18 of 51 states and DC. Most records: California, Colorado, Oklahoma, Arizona, Texas, Utah, Washington, Idaho.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in Canada; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Buttonhook Leafbeetle Jumping Spider photo 3
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Buttonhook Leafbeetle Jumping Spider photo 4
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Buttonhook Leafbeetle Jumping Spider photo 5
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Buttonhook Leafbeetle Jumping Spider photo 6
Photo: jcowles, CC BY

Same family (Salticidae)

Bold Jumping SpiderBold Jumping SpiderPhidippus audaxCan biteZebra Jumping SpiderZebra Jumping SpiderSalticus scenicusHarmlessTan Jumping SpiderTan Jumping SpiderPlatycryptus undatusCan biteGray Wall Jumping SpiderGray Wall Jumping SpiderMenemerus bivittatusHalf-edged Wall Jumping SpiderHalf-edged Wall Jumping SpiderMenemerus semilimbatusBronze Jumping SpiderBronze Jumping SpiderEris militaris

Sources

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

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

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

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