Bug FAQWhite-jawed Jumping Spider
Hentzia mitrata · Order: Araneae · Family: Salticidae
Females are about 5 mm long while males are around 4.5 mm. Both sexes look alike with a reddish-brown abdomen that has three pairs of brown spots and side stripes that alternate yellowish and reddish. It is found across eastern North America, from southeastern Canada through the eastern United States and as far west as Nebraska.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
Both sexes share the same coloration: a reddish-brown abdomen with three pairs of brown spots and alternating yellowish and reddish narrow side stripes.
Source: Wikipedia
Size
Females measure about 5 mm in body length, males about 4.5 mm.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 38 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Georgia, Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, Florida, Pennsylvania, 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
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Salticidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hentzia_mitrata
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.