Grayish Jumping Spider

Phidippus princeps · Order: Araneae · Family: Salticidae

Also called: Grayish Jumper

No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.
Grayish Jumping Spider
Photo: Sarah Abbate, CC BY

Grayish Jumping Spider has exceptionally good eyesight, far better than even the best-seeing insects. It lives in Canada and the eastern United States.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Its vision is about ten times sharper than that of a dragonfly, the insect with the best known eyesight.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native range includes Canada and the eastern United States.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 40 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Virginia, Ohio, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Tennessee.

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

Source: GBIF

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

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Grayish Jumping Spider photo 3
Photo: unknown, CC0
Grayish Jumping Spider photo 4
Photo: unknown, CC0
Grayish Jumping Spider photo 5
Photo: RL7836, CC BY
Grayish Jumping Spider photo 6
Photo: Jake McCumber, 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/Phidippus_princeps

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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