Beardfooted spider
The beardfooted spider is a tiny jumping spider from the Mediterranean. The male is probably the most colourful jumping spider in Europe, with bright emerald green eyes and a red band above them. His back legs are extra long, red and black with white tufts at the ends.
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Fun facts
Its long third pair of legs lets it jump a long way.
To impress a female, the male lifts those long legs high in the air and makes them buzz.
Its name barbipes means bearded foot in Latin.
Its closest cousins may be the famous peacock spiders of Australia, which also dance for females.
Most asked questions about Beardfooted spider
?Why is it called beardfooted?
Its legs have hairy white tufts, and its Latin name barbipes means bearded foot.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Saitis barbipes
- Named by
- Simon, 1868
- Group
- Spiders
- Family
- Salticidae
- Classification
- Arachnida > Araneae > Salticidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia, Africa
Where the facts come from
- Saitis barbipes (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 Kaldari. CC0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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