Longleg dandy
The longleg dandy is a small jumping spider with extra long, thin legs and fluffy orange tufts above its eyes. It walks with a funny bouncy step. It is a clever hunter that sneaks up on other spiders.
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Fun facts
When it rests, it pulls its legs in close to its body so its shape is hard to see.
If something disturbs it, it can leap 10 to 15 centimetres into the air and then freeze.
Most jumping spiders see clearly far away, but this one only reacts to things about 10 centimetres away.
Its belly is stretchy and can become almost round like a ball after a big meal.
It trails a silk safety line as it walks, so it can climb back if it falls.
Most asked questions about Longleg dandy
?What does the longleg dandy eat?
Mostly other spiders, especially web spiders. It also eats jumping spiders and insects.
?How big is the longleg dandy?
Its body is only about 4 to 7 millimetres long. The females are a little bigger than the males.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Portia schultzi
- Group
- Spiders
- Family
- Salticidae
- Classification
- Arachnida > Araneae > Salticidae
- Lives on
- Africa
Where the facts come from
- Portia schultzi (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 Wynand Uys. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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