Bronze Jumping Spider
Eris militaris
Also known as: Bronze Jumper · Bronze Lake Jumper
Arachnida
COMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- About 1 yr
- Size
- Small
- Diet
- Insectivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Temperate forest
- Range
- North America
- Movement
- Hopping
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Camouflage
- Status
- Common
About
The bronze jumping spider is a small, fuzzy hunter common in North American gardens and fields, with iridescent green or coppery chelicerae that flash in the sun. Rather than spinning a web to catch prey, it stalks and pounces using its excellent vision and powerful hind legs.
Life cycle
- 1.egg sacA silk-wrapped egg sac shelters a clutch of eggs until the young are ready to emerge.
- 2.juvenileA spiderling emerges from the egg sac already in miniature adult form and starts catching prey almost immediately.
- 3.subadultA near-adult arachnid molts through several instars, growing larger and developing mature markings.
- 4.adultFully grown after its final molt.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Salticidae
- Genus
- Eris
- Species
- Eris militaris