Pantropical Jumping Spider

Natural history and identification

The pantropical jumper is a robust jumping spider often associated with buildings. Males have a pale stripe down the middle of a dark abdomen; females are browner and less boldly marked. It takes varied arthropod prey, including flies and smaller spiders. The female guards an egg sac in a sheltered crevice. Published development times from other regions are not a Kauaʻi breeding calendar.

Kauaʻi occurrence and evidence

Atlas occurrence category: Present. The Kauaʻi record is classified as “Present”. Its cited evidence source is iNaturalist Kauaʻi checklist.

Account coverage

Published species details have been added. A complete Kauaʻi-specific account of identification, habitat, feeding, reproduction, and population trend is not yet established by the sources linked here.

Names and classification

Scientific name

Plexippus paykulli

Common names

Pantropical Jumping Spider

Family

Salticidae

Order

Araneae

Record type

species

Kauaʻi occurrence and status

Kauaʻi occurrence

Present

Origin

Introduced

Conservation status

Not assessed

Process and seasonal context

Seasonal description

Pantropical Jumping Spider (Plexippus paykulli) belongs to Salticidae in the order Araneae. Its recorded origin status is introduced.

Sources and further reading

• iNaturalist Kauaʻi checklist
• Natural history and identification — species source