Salticus palpalis

Salticus palpalis · Order: Araneae · Family: Salticidae

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Salticus palpalis
Photo: jcowles, CC BY

Salticus palpalis is a jumping spider that is black with white stripes on its back. Males show a brownish back while females are completely black. It belongs to the family Salticidae.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

The spider is black with white stripes on the back. Males have a brownish back; females are entirely black.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 4 of 51 states and DC. Most records: California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah.

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

Source: GBIF

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

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Salticus palpalis photo 2
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0
Salticus palpalis photo 3
Photo: Darin J McGuire, CC BY
Salticus palpalis photo 4
Photo: Heatherelle, CC BY
Salticus palpalis photo 5
Photo: Michele Jones, 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/Salticus_palpalis

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

Text written 2026-10-26 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-26.

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