Stats

Lifespan

1-2 yrs

Size

Small

Diet

Insectivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Rocky coast

Range

East Asia

Movement

Hopping

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Rare

About

Hakka himeshimensis is a type of jumping spider native to East Asia, but has been introduced to the United States. It can jump up to 20 times its body length in one bound.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg sac

   A silk-wrapped egg sac shelters a clutch of eggs until the young are ready to emerge.
2. 2.
   juvenile

   A spiderling emerges from the egg sac already in miniature adult form and starts catching prey almost immediately.
3. 3.
   subadult

   A near-adult arachnid molts through several instars, growing larger and developing mature markings.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown after its final molt.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Salticidae

Genus

Hakka

Species

Hakka himeshimensis