Stats

Lifespan: 1-2 yrs
Size: Small
Diet: Insectivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Solitary
Biome: Temperate forest
Range: North America
Movement: Climbing
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Camouflage
Status: Common

About

A compact, bark-patterned jumping spider found on tree trunks and fences across eastern North America. Its large forward-facing principal eyes give it nearly 360° vision, letting it track prey with startling precision before leaping several times its own body length.

Life cycle

1.
egg sac
A silk-wrapped egg sac shelters a clutch of eggs until the young are ready to emerge.
2.
juvenile
A spiderling emerges from the egg sac already in miniature adult form and starts catching prey almost immediately.
3.
subadult
A near-adult arachnid molts through several instars, growing larger and developing mature markings.
4.
adult
Fully grown after its final molt.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Platycryptus
Species: Platycryptus undatus