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Jumping spider

Plexippus paykulli (Audouin, 1826)

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The jumping spider (Plexippus paykulli) is a species in the family Salticidae, order Araneae. Recorded adults reach 1.04 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 10 countries, including Algeria, China and Fiji.

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Quick facts about the jumping spider

Weight
Not recorded
Length
1.04 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
10 countriessrc for Countries on record

How big is the jumping spider?

JUMPING SPIDER · LENGTH 1.04 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 1.04 cm, the recorded maximum length of the jumping spider is about 0.6% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the jumping spider live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The jumping spider is listed for 10 countries.

FijiIndonesiaAlgeriaIndiaChinaParaguay
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Algeria
  2. China
  3. Fiji
  4. French Polynesia
  5. India
  6. Indonesia
  7. Kiribati
  8. Mauritius
  9. Paraguay
  10. Samoa

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the jumping spider as introduced in 10 countries.

  1. Belgium
  2. Cyprus
  3. Ecuador
  4. France
  5. Israel
  6. Jordan
  7. Poland
  8. South Africa
  9. United States
  10. Yemen

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the jumping spider endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the jumping spider classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderAraneae
  5. familySalticidae
  6. genusPlexippus
  7. SpeciesPlexippus paykulli (Audouin, 1826)

Synonyms Apamamia bocki, Artabrus planipudens, Attus africanus, Attus ligo, Attus paykulli, Attus paykullii, Cyrba planipudens, Euophrys delibuta, Euophrys vetusta, Hasarius paykulli, Hyllus mimus, Marpissa bengalensis, Marpissa mandali, Menemerus crassus, Menemerus culicivorus, Menemerus paykulli, Parthenia africana, Philia vaillanti, Plexippus africanus, Plexippus andamanensis, Plexippus bengalensis, Plexippus bocki, Plexippus crassus, Plexippus culicivorus, Plexippus delibutus, Plexippus diversus, Plexippus ligo, Plexippus magnus, Plexippus mandali, Plexippus mimus, Plexippus planipudens, Plexippus punctatus, Plexippus quadriguttatus, Plexippus rodericensis, Plexippus vaillantti, Plexippus vetusta, Salticus culicivorus, Salticus diversus, Salticus rodericensis, Salticus vaillanttii, Sandalodes magnus, Thotmes paykulli, Trivia vetusta

Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Pantropical jumperEnglish
  • Pantropical jumping spiderEnglish
  • Pantropical wall jumperEnglish
  • 두줄깡충거미Korean
  • WitbandspringspinDutch
  • 黑色蠅虎Chinese
  • 茶色條斑蠅虎Chinese
  • 褐條斑蠅虎Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the jumping spider

Other species in the same genus Plexippus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the jumping spider?

An adult jumping spider measures 1.04 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the jumping spider live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the jumping spider for 10 countries, including Algeria, China, Fiji, French Polynesia and India. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the jumping spider an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the jumping spider as introduced in 10 countries, including Belgium, Cyprus, Ecuador, France and Israel, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the jumping spider?

The jumping spider (Plexippus paykulli) belongs to the family Salticidae in the order Araneae.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Jumping spider (Plexippus paykulli). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/plexippus-paykulli

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BibTeX
@misc{plexippus_paykulli_2026,
  title = {Jumping spider (Plexippus paykulli)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/plexippus-paykulli},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}