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The spider species Platycryptus undatus, commonly known as Tan Jumping Spider, belongs to the genus Platycryptus, in the family Salticidae. Platycryptus undatus spiders have been sighted 107 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Platycryptus undatus includes 2 countries and 28 states in the United States. Platycryptus undatus is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of May.
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Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Platycryptus
Species: Platycryptus undatus
Tan Jumping Spider, Jumping Spider
Charles De Geer, 1778
There have been 107 confirmed sightings of Platycryptus undatus (Tan Jumping Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on August 24, 2020 by Spider ID member towerchick. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 107 sightings because of certain Platycryptus undatus sightings reporting incomplete data.
Web: 5% of the time, Platycryptus undatus spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 84)
Sex: 20 female and 7 male.
Environment: Platycryptus undatus has been sighted 39 times outdoors, and 46 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (34). Low foliage (1). High foliage (2). Ground layer (1). Forest (1).
Platycryptus undatus (Tan Jumping Spider) has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, United States.
Platycryptus undatus has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, D.C., West Virginia, Wisconsin.
Platycryptus undatus has been primarily sighted during the month of May.
February: 3
March: 7
April: 17
May: 40
June: 10
October: 5
December: 3
Females have a white "mustache" band of hairs below their large anterior eyes, while the adult males have a bright orange one.
First jumping spider to have been officially recorded as having been seen eating an earthworm, a pretty uncommon meal for a spider that doesn't spend much time on the ground (Ross 2008).
Female spins a relatively spacious silken chamber around herself and then deposits her eggs on the floor of it, covering them with a thin layer of silk afterward. The finished "look" is reminiscent of a fried egg. She stands close guard over it until the babies emerge and disperse.
Featured Pictures
Submitted Aug 24, 2020
Photographed Aug 13, 2020
towerchick
Goodrich, Michigan, United States
Submitted Jun 8, 2020
Photographed Jun 7, 2020
tangledweb
Nashua , New Hampshire, United States
Delphi , Indiana, United States
spyderpinktoes
dewittks
Carthage, North Carolina, United States
lysh44
BELLAIRE, Ohio, United States
riogami
St. Louis , Missouri, United States
Beavercreek, Ohio, United States
Platycryptus californicus