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Johnson Jumping Spider

 

Other Name(s): Red Jumping Spider

Characteristics: These tiny spiders jump large distances (considering their size) to catch their prey. They are day-time hunters and hide out at night and in the winter.

They have been known to bite humans, but without serious effects.

Females weave funnel-shaped webs to lay eggs in under rocks or between objects. Males have an abdomen that is completely red, whereas the female will have a black line down the center of her abdomen.


General Adult Size (Length):
7mm to 13mm (0.28in to 0.51in)

Identifying Colors: black; red; white

North American reach includes (may not be limited to): Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma

Category: Spider
Common Name: Johnson Jumping Spider
Scientific Name: (Phidippys johnsoni)

Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum
: Arthropoda
   Class:
Arachnida
    Order
: Araneae
     Family: Salticidae
      Genus: Phidippys
       Species: johnsoni


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