High Eye-lashed Jumping Spider

Phidippus mystaceus · Order: Araneae · Family: Salticidae

Also called: High Eyelashed Jumping Spider

No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.
High Eye-lashed Jumping Spider
Photo: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY

Female Phidippus mystaceus spiders reach about one centimetre in body length. This jumping spider species occurs across North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

Females grow to roughly one centimetre long.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It is found throughout North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 20 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Texas, Oklahoma, Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas, Tennessee, Georgia, New Jersey.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

High Eye-lashed Jumping Spider photo 2
Photo: Meghan Cassidy, CC BY-SA
High Eye-lashed Jumping Spider photo 3
Photo: Ray Fisher, CC BY
High Eye-lashed Jumping Spider photo 4
Photo: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY
High Eye-lashed Jumping Spider photo 5
Photo: Meghan Cassidy, CC BY-SA

Same family (Salticidae)

Bold Jumping SpiderBold Jumping SpiderPhidippus audaxCan biteZebra Jumping SpiderZebra Jumping SpiderSalticus scenicusHarmlessTan Jumping SpiderTan Jumping SpiderPlatycryptus undatusCan biteGray Wall Jumping SpiderGray Wall Jumping SpiderMenemerus bivittatusHalf-edged Wall Jumping SpiderHalf-edged Wall Jumping SpiderMenemerus semilimbatusBronze Jumping SpiderBronze Jumping SpiderEris militaris

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phidippus_mystaceus

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-24.

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