Stats

Lifespan: Annual
Size: Tiny
Diet: Insectivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Solitary
Biome: Temperate grassland
Range: North America
Movement: Hopping
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Camouflage
Status: Rare

About

This jumping spider lives in the leaf litter of forests across North America. It mimics the appearance and jerky movements of ants to avoid being eaten by predators.

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: Sarinda
Species: Sarinda hentzi