Bronze jumping spider
The bronze jumping spider is a small jumping spider in bronze, tan and brown colours. The female has white spots on her back, and the male has white bands along his sides. It is easy to spot in autumn, walking around houses.
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Fun facts
After a meal it grooms itself, cleaning its jaws like a cat licking its paws.
To win a female, the male lifts his front legs and does a little side step dance.
In autumn and winter several of them may hide together under dead wood.
It likes to shelter in blackberry bushes, where the leaves overlap like a little roof.
Most asked questions about Bronze jumping spider
?What does the bronze jumping spider eat?
Small insects such as flies, moths and crickets.
?How big is the bronze jumping spider?
About 5 to 8 millimetres long. Females are a little bigger than males.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Eris militaris
- Group
- Spiders
- Family
- Salticidae
- Classification
- Arachnida > Araneae > Salticidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Bronze jumper, Bronze lake jumper
Where the facts come from
- Eris militaris (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Meghan Cassidy. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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