# House Jumping Spider (*Pseudeuophrys lanigera*)

The House Jumping Spider is a tiny, lively spider that loves to hop around your home! With its big eyes and playful nature, it's like having a little acrobat in your room.

- **Category:** [Invertebrate](https://www.snappit.app/explore/categories/invertebrate)
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Danger:** 1/5 · Very low
- **Habitat:** You can find them in homes, gardens, and other places where they can hunt for insects.

![House Jumping Spider](https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Redirect/file/Pseudeuophrys_lanigera_MHNT_Femelle.jpg&width=800)

Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 · [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pseudeuophrys_lanigera_MHNT_Femelle.jpg)

## Appearance

The House Jumping Spider is a small, compact arachnid, typically dark brown to black with subtle patterns. It has eight eyes in four pairs: two huge ones at the front and six smaller ones that spot movement. Its short, hairy body makes it appear somewhat fuzzy.

## Taxonomy

- **Kingdom:** Animalia
- **Phylum:** Arthropoda
- **Class:** Arachnida
- **Order:** Araneae
- **Family:** Salticidae
- **Genus:** Pseudeuophrys

## House jumping spider, eyes first

The house jumping spider (Pseudeuophrys lanigera) is a tiny jumping spider, 3–5 mm long, that lives mostly on and inside buildings in western and southern Europe. Like all jumping spiders (family Salticidae), it hunts by sight instead of with a web, using two big front eyes and six smaller ones. It has spread north and east with people’s houses and has now been found in North America too.

A woolly spider smaller than a grain of rice that hunts by sight on house walls. Look through its moving retinas, tie on a safety line and jump, then test yourself.

### Special abilities

- **Third-Leg Launch** (Leg 3 main jumping legs in this species): The house jumping spider leaps onto prey or across gaps. Filmed at high speed, it pushes off mainly with its long third legs, and its hairy feet grip even smooth surfaces. [5][2][12]
  - In this species the short fourth legs leave the ground first, so the long third legs do most of the work.
  - Claw tufts on the feet stop it slipping. Without them, the spiders slipped as they tried to jump.
  - How far jumping spiders jump varies a lot. Some species manage 2–3 body lengths, and one spider of the species Colonus puerperus was measured at 38 body lengths.
  - In a lab study, a regal jumping spider jumped low and flat over short gaps and higher over gaps of up to 5 body lengths.
- **Safety Line** (1 line tied on before the jump): Before it jumps, a jumping spider glues a silk dragline to the spot it is standing on. The line is more than a safety rope: it steadies the spider in the air. [2][11]
  - If the jump fails, the spider climbs back up its dragline.
  - In the jumping spider Hasarius adansoni, spiders with a dragline could change their body angle in mid-air and land smoothly.
  - The silk slowed the jump about as much as air resistance did. Without it, spiders tended to tumble on landing.
  - We found no study of the dragline in the house jumping spider itself, but jumping spiders in general use one.
- **All-Round View** (≈360° field of view from 8 eyes): Eight eyes in four pairs let a jumping spider see almost all the way around. The side eyes spot movement and the big front eyes study the detail. [3][4][1]
  - The side eyes have wide views and are very sensitive to movement. When something moves, the spider turns to face it.
  - The big front eyes see a narrow area in sharper detail than any other land invertebrate, better than all insects and even some mammals.
  - Their brain is roughly the size of a poppy seed, yet it handles all this information.
- **Moving Retinas** (4 layers in each big-eye retina): The lenses of the big front eyes are fixed to the body, but the retinas behind them swing around inside. The spider looks around without moving its head. [13][1][14][15]
  - Each retina is a narrow, boomerang-shaped strip. Moving it scans an object bit by bit, the way we move our eyes.
  - The retina has four stacked layers of light cells. In one jumping spider, the second-deepest layer always gets a blurry picture, and the amount of blur seems to tell the spider how far away prey is.
  - In newly hatched spiderlings the skin is see-through for a while, so scientists could watch the retinas moving.
  - These studies were done on other jumping spiders. The house jumping spider has the same kind of eyes.
- **Wall Dance** (3 kinds of drum signal (Habronattus)): Male jumping spiders court females with dances: front legs raised and waved, palps flicking, sometimes with vibrations too. Their displays are some of the most elaborate of any spiders. [8][16][17][18]
  - In the zebra spider, the male waves his front legs and palps and bobs his abdomen up and down.
  - One American jumping spider, Habronattus dossenus, adds vibrations to its dance: thumps, scrapes and buzzes.
  - In Maevia inclemens, one type of male dances on tiptoe from about 9 cm away, while another creeps up to about 3 cm.
  - Nobody seems to have described the house jumping spider’s own dance in detail yet.
- **Pressure Legs** (No extensors muscles at the leg’s hinge joints; still debated): Spiders bend their legs with muscles but straighten them mostly with pressure. Squeezing body fluid into the legs makes them shoot straight, a bit like a water-filled balloon. [6][16][12][19]
  - Spider leg hinge joints have no muscles to straighten them. Pressure in the body fluid does that job.
  - A clue: the leg spines stand up during a jump, a sign of higher body pressure.
  - How much of the jump comes from pressure is still argued. A study of one regal jumping spider found its leg muscles were strong enough on their own, and a 2025 study describes jumps as pressure plus muscle.
  - Engineers copy the folding joints to build soft robot legs.
- **Silk Tent** (Every night rests in a silk shelter): Jumping spiders hunt by day. At night and in bad weather they tuck into small silk tents, often in a crack or corner. [2][7][15][9]
  - The tent is a small silk bag, sometimes with an egg sac inside.
  - Resting jumping spiders at night showed regular bursts of retinal movement with leg twitches. Scientists think this may be a sleep state a bit like our dreaming sleep, but it is not yet proven.
  - Indoors, the house jumping spider is active all year. Adults can be found even in deep winter.
- **Booklouse Patrol** (4 steps spot, turn, stalk, pounce): A jumping spider spots movement, turns to look, creeps closer and then leaps. The house jumping spider has been seen eating booklice, tiny insects that live indoors. [9][7][4][2]
  - Jumping spiders are daytime hunters. They track and stalk prey and judge the distance before they leap.
  - When close enough, the spider pauses to fix its dragline, then springs.
  - We found no full list of what the house jumping spider eats. Booklice are the only prey named in our sources.

### Body parts

- **Big front eyes** (Sharpest eyes of any land invertebrate) [1][2][3]
  - The two huge front eyes are the main (principal) eyes. They see finer detail than any other eyes known in land invertebrates.
  - Each one works like a little telescope: a lens at the front, a second lens further back and a narrow strip of retina at the end.
  - The lenses can’t move, but the retinas behind them can. That is how the spider looks around without turning its head.
- **Side eyes** (≈360° view from all 8 eyes) [3][4][1]
  - Jumping spiders have eight eyes in four pairs. Together they see almost all the way around the spider.
  - The smaller side eyes see a wide area and are very good at spotting movement. When they notice something, the spider turns to face it.
  - Then the big front eyes take a close look. They can only follow a moving object smoothly when the side eyes guide them.
- **Third legs** (Pair 3 main push-off legs) [5]
  - High-speed films show that the house jumping spider jumps mainly with its long third legs. Its short fourth legs let go of the ground earlier.
  - A close relative, Sitticus pubescens, does it the other way round and pushes mostly with its fourth legs.
  - The third legs point forwards, so they pull the body along as they straighten, while back-pointing fourth legs push.
- **Hairy feet** [5]
  - Each foot ends in a tuft of tiny hairs called a claw tuft. These hairs grip smooth surfaces like glass and leaves.
  - When scientists removed the claw tufts, the spiders slipped as they tried to jump. The grip is what makes a clean take-off possible.
  - Different parts of the tuft are used for pulling and for pushing.
- **Front legs** [2][6]
  - Jumping spiders often have larger front legs. They help to hold prey after the pounce.
  - In many species the front legs are also used for signalling, waved in the air during courtship.
  - Before a jump, legs like these are straightened by body-fluid pressure, not only by muscles.
- **Palps** [7][2][8]
  - The palps are the two short feelers beside the jaws. They look a bit like tiny boxing gloves on an adult male.
  - In jumping spiders, males often have extra hair tufts or colours and show them off to females.
  - Palps and front legs are flicked and waved in courtship displays that are among the most elaborate of any spiders.
- **Jaws** [9][10]
  - The jaws (chelicerae) end in small fangs that hold and bite prey after a pounce.
  - The house jumping spider has been seen feeding on booklice, tiny insects that live indoors.
  - Its fangs are tiny. Spider bites are rare, and medical experts don’t count this spider among the few dangerous ones in its home region.
- **Woolly body** (3–5 mm body length) [9]
  - Its scientific name, lanigera, means wool-bearing. The body is covered in fine hairs.
  - Males are 3–4 mm long and females up to 5 mm, smaller than a grain of rice.
  - The genus name Pseudeuophrys roughly means false beautiful-eyebrows. It was split off from the genus Euophrys.
- **Spinnerets** [2][11]
  - Silk comes out of the spinnerets at the tip of the abdomen. Jumping spiders don’t use it to build webs for catching prey.
  - Before a jump, the spider fixes a silk dragline to the surface. It steadies the jump and lets the spider climb back if it misses.
  - Silk is also used to build small tents where jumping spiders shelter from bad weather and sleep at night.

### Stats

| Stat | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Female body | ≤5 mm | smaller than a grain of rice [9] |
| Male body | 3–4 mm | males are the smaller sex [9] |
| Eyes | 8 | in four pairs; one huge front pair [2][3] |
| Field of view | ≈360° | from all eight eyes together [3] |
| Retina layers | 4 | stacked light-cell layers in each big front eye [14][2] |
| Jumping legs | Pair 3 | the long third legs give most of the push [5] |
| Adults seen | 12 months | indoors, even in deep winter [9] |
| Hearing distance | ≈3 m | a jumping spider (Phidippus audax) reacted to a sound this far away [21] |
| Jumping spider species | 6,000+ | the largest spider family [8][2] |
| GBIF records | 8,146 | 1,197 of them from Britain [22] |

### Photos

- [A female found in an upstairs shower in Ipswich, England. Houses are where this spider is most often found.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pseudeuophrys_lanigera_(female)_(18232066541).jpg) (photo: Martin Cooper, CC BY 2.0)
- [An adult male. Males are 3–4 mm long, a little smaller than females.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pseudophrys_lanigera.jpg) (photo: Backslash, CC BY-SA 3.0)
- [This one was about 3.5 mm long. Its fine hairs explain the name lanigera, wool-bearing.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pseudeuophrys_lanigera.jpg) (photo: Thomas Wydra, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE)
- [In Buckinghamshire, England. Britain has about 1,200 shared records of this spider.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pseudeuophrys_lanigera_-_Buckinghamshire.jpg) (photo: kitenet, CC BY 2.0)
- [In a back garden in Stevenage, England.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pseudeuophrys_lanigera_Euophrys_lanigera_(51217244830).jpg) (photo: Ben Sale, CC BY 2.0)
- [The two big front eyes see sharper detail than any other land invertebrate’s eyes.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pseudeuophrys_lanigera_250978702.jpg) (photo: Alexis Lours, CC BY 4.0)
- [A macro view of a house jumping spider.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pseudeuophrys_lanigera-macro.jpg) (photo: Darxmurf, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [The zebra jumping spider, a bigger striped relative that also hunts on walls.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Salticus_scenicus_on_the_wall.jpg) (photo: Zavadluk, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [A zebra jumping spider close up. Females reach 5–9 mm.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jumping_Zebra_Spider_(Salticus_scenicus)_(2816594447).jpg) (photo: Harald Hoyer, CC BY-SA 2.0)

### Questions

- **Is the house jumping spider dangerous?** No. Spider bites are rare, and in the Mediterranean region, where this spider comes from, only two spider species are considered medically important. The house jumping spider is not one of them. Still, watch it rather than pick it up, and tell an adult if anything bites you. Washing with soap and water and a cold compress help with most bites. [10][31]
- **Why do I have jumping spiders in my house?** The house jumping spider lives mostly on and inside buildings. It copes with dry, modern houses well, and adults can be found indoors all year, even in winter. [9]
- **How far can a jumping spider jump?** It depends on the species. Some jump 2–3 body lengths, and one Colonus puerperus spider was measured at 38 body lengths. The popular claim of 50 body lengths is not backed by any study we found. [2][12]
- **How many eyes does a house jumping spider have?** Eight, in four pairs. The two huge front eyes see fine detail, and the smaller side eyes spot movement. Together they see almost all the way around. [2][3][4]
- **Can jumping spiders see colour?** Some can. A few colourful species have three-colour vision, while at least one can’t tell red from black. Colour vision hasn’t been tested in the house jumping spider. [23][24]
- **What do house jumping spiders eat?** Small insects. It has been seen eating booklice, which live indoors. It stalks its prey and then pounces. [9][7]
- **Do jumping spiders sleep?** They rest at night in silk tents. One study found regular bursts of eye movements with leg twitches at night, which may be a sleep state like our dreaming sleep. It is not proven yet. [2][15]
- **Is the house jumping spider the same as the zebra spider?** No. Both are jumping spiders found on walls, but the zebra spider (Salticus scenicus) is bigger, 5–9 mm, and has black and white stripes. The house jumping spider is smaller, darker and woolly. [16][9]

### House jumping spider: myth or fact?

Some popular jumping spider facts are true, some are stretched and some are wrong.

- "House jumping spiders are insects." **Myth!** Spiders are arachnids, not insects. They have eight legs and no antennae or wings. [7]
- "A jumping spider can jump 50 times its own body length." **Not proven!** We found no study showing 50 times. Some species jump 2–3 body lengths, and the longest jump we found measured was 38 body lengths, by one Colonus puerperus spider. [2][12]
- "Their legs work like springs." **Myth!** A study of the regal jumping spider found its jumps are powered directly by muscles, not by a stored-up spring. Fluid pressure that straightens the legs may help too. [12][6][19]
- "Jumping spiders see colours just like people do." **Not proven!** Some colourful jumping spiders have three-colour vision using light filters in their eyes, but at least one species can’t tell red from black. Colour vision has not been tested in the house jumping spider. [23][24][14]
- "All eight of its eyes look forwards." **Myth!** Only the front row faces forwards. The other eyes look out to the sides and backwards, so together the eyes see almost all the way around. [3][4]
- "A jumping spider can’t move its eyes." **Myth!** The lenses are fixed, but the retinas behind the big front eyes move around to scan what the spider is looking at. [13][1]
- "Jumping spiders tie on a safety line before they jump." **Fact!** They fix a silk dragline before jumping. It also steadies them in the air and slows them down for landing. [2][11]
- "Spiders can’t hear sounds in the air." **Myth!** A jumping spider froze in response to a deep sound played about 3 m away. Very few spider species have been tested, though. [21][8]

### House jumping spider family records

The house jumping spider belongs to the jumping spider family, which holds some remarkable spider records.

- Sharpest eyes: Jumping spiders’ big front eyes, No. 1 (the best detail vision known in any land invertebrate, beating all insects) [1][3]
- Best daytime eyesight: Jumping spider family, Best of all spiders (the record list of spider achievements gives this title to the whole family) [8]
- Biggest spider family: Jumping spiders (Salticidae), 6,000+ species (about 13% of all spider species) [8][2]
- Highest-living spider: Euophrys omnisuperstes, a relative, ≈5,900 m (a male from Mount Makalu; young spiders found at about 6,700 m on Everest may be the same species) [8]
- Longest jump measured: Colonus puerperus, 38 body lengths (reported for one spider; most species jump much shorter) [2]
- Fastest take-off: Splendid peacock spider, Fastest acceleration (of all jumping spiders measured so far, filmed at 5,000 frames per second) [19]
- Most elaborate courtship: Jumping spider family, Top of the list (males dance, wave legs and palps, and some drum and buzz as well) [8][17]

### A house jumping spider’s life

Little has been studied about this species’ life, and its lifespan is not known. This is what we know from it and its close relatives.

- **Start**: Eggs in a silk tent. Jumping spiders keep their egg sacs inside small silk shelters. [7]
- **Hatching**: See-through spiderling. For a short time a newly hatched jumping spider’s skin is clear, so the moving retinas inside its eyes can be seen. [15]
- **Growing up**: Life on the walls. The young spider hunts on and inside buildings. It copes with dry, modern concrete houses better than the zebra spider does. [9]
- **Any month**: Adult. Adults can be found all year indoors, even in deep winter. Males reach 3–4 mm and females up to 5 mm. [9]
- **Courtship**: The dance. Male jumping spiders court with leg and palp displays. The house jumping spider’s own dance has not been described in detail. [8][7]
- **Every night**: Rest in a tent. Jumping spiders rest in silk tents at night. One species shows bursts of retinal movement that may be a kind of dreaming sleep. [2][15]

### House jumping spider vs zebra spider vs crab spider

Two jumping spiders that share European walls, and a flower-sitting crab spider.

| | House jumping spider | Zebra jumping spider | Goldenrod crab spider |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scientific name [9][16][25] | Pseudeuophrys lanigera | Salticus scenicus | Misumena vatia |
| Body length [9][16][25] | Males 3–4 mm, females up to 5 mm | Females 5–9 mm, males 5–6 mm | Males 3–5 mm, females 7–11.5 mm |
| Colours [9][16][25] | Dark and woolly-haired | Black and white stripes | White, pale green or yellow |
| Where to look [9][16][25] | On and inside buildings | Sunny walls, fences and rock faces | On flowers |
| How it hunts [7][16][25] | Stalks, then jumps | Stalks, then jumps | Waits on a flower and grabs visitors |
| Web to catch prey [2][25] | No | No | No |
| Range [9][26][16][25] | Western and southern Europe to the Caucasus; spreading, now in North America | Europe, North America and northern Asia | Europe, Asia and North America |

Sizes from different sources; individual spiders vary.

### Is the house jumping spider endangered?

No sign of it. The house jumping spider has never been assessed for the IUCN Red List, and it seems to be spreading.

- **IUCN Red List:** Not Evaluated (NE) (Trend unknown). It has been recorded in at least 25 countries, mostly in Europe. It was first found in Germany in the 1950s, in Poland in 1999 and in North America by 2017. [27][22][9][28][26]
- Not evaluated (Wikidata and GBIF, checked 2026)
- **Threat: No known threats**: We found no study of threats to this species. Because it lives on and in buildings, its future is tied to ours. [9]
- **Helping: Record sightings**: More than 8,000 records of it are shared online. Photos from homes and gardens help scientists track how far it spreads. [22][29]
- **Helping: Watch, don’t catch**: It eats tiny indoor insects such as booklice. Leaving it on the wall lets it keep hunting. [9]
- **Helping: No need to fear it**: Spider bites are rare, and this spider is not one of the few medically important species in its home region. [10]
- **Zebra jumping spider (Salticus scenicus)** (NE): Not assessed. Widespread across Europe, North America and northern Asia. [30][16]

### House jumping spider signals

- Suddenly turns to face you: Its side eyes caught a movement, and now its big front eyes are taking a close look. [4][1]
- Creeps slowly, low to the wall: Stalking prey before a pounce. [7]
- Freezes at a deep humming sound: In a test, a jumping spider froze when it heard a low sound, a typical startle reaction. [21]
- Raises and waves its front legs, palps flicking: Probably a male courting a female. [16][8]
- Tucked into a small silk tent: Resting for the night or sheltering from bad weather. [2]

### Looks

- **House jumping spider, female**: Up to 5 mm long. Dark brownish with fine woolly hairs and big, shiny front eyes. (Found on walls and inside houses all year) [9]
- **House jumping spider, male**: Smaller, 3–4 mm long, with large palps at the front. In jumping spiders, males are often more strongly marked or tufted than females. (Shows off to females with leg and palp signals) [9][7]
- **Spiderling**: A newly hatched jumping spider is tiny, with skin that stays see-through for a short time. (Scientists watched the moving retinas through this clear skin) [15]
- **Zebra jumping spider**: Salticus scenicus: a bigger relative with black and white stripes. Females are 5–9 mm and males 5–6 mm long. (Hunts on sunny walls, fences and rock faces) [16][20]

### House jumping spider quiz

1. How long is an adult female house jumping spider? **Up to 5 mm.** Females reach up to 5 mm and males 3–4 mm. [9]
2. Which legs does the house jumping spider mainly use to jump? **Third legs.** High-speed films show the long third legs give most of the push. [5]
3. How many eyes does a jumping spider have? **8.** Eight eyes in four pairs, with one huge front pair. [2][3]
4. What moves inside the big front eyes? **The retina.** The lenses are fixed, but the retinas behind them move to scan. [13][1]
5. What does the silk dragline do during a jump? **Steadies and slows the spider.** It lets the spider control its body angle in the air and land smoothly. [11]
6. How do spiders straighten their legs? **Mostly with fluid pressure.** Muscles bend the legs; pressure in the body fluid straightens them. [6]
7. Which eyes notice movement to the side first? **The smaller side eyes.** The side eyes spot motion; then the spider turns its big front eyes to look. [4]
8. Which tiny indoor insects has the house jumping spider been seen eating? **Booklice.** Booklice are the prey named for this species. [9]
9. What does its scientific name lanigera mean? **Wool-bearing.** Lanigera means wool-bearing, after its fine hairs. [9]
10. What is the house jumping spider’s IUCN Red List status? **Not evaluated.** It has never been assessed. [27]
11. Why could scientists see a spiderling’s retinas moving? **Its skin is see-through for a while.** Newly hatched jumping spiders have clear skin for a short time. [15]
12. Which jumping spider has black and white stripes? **Salticus scenicus.** Salticus scenicus is the zebra jumping spider. [16]

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## Measurements & details

- **Size:** 3-5 mm
- **Lifespan:** 365-730 days
- **Leg Count:** 8

## Diet & Feeding

Tiny hunters, they eat small insects found indoors, such as booklice. They stalk their prey and then pounce.

- **Primary Foods:** Flies, Mosquitoes, Gnats, Booklice, Moths
- **Foraging Method:** Pursuit

## Ecological connections

- **Hunts:** Common House Fly (*Musca domestica*) — Actively stalks and pounces on flies found indoors.
- **Hunts:** Common House Mosquito (*Culex pipiens*) — Preys on adult mosquitoes, helping control their numbers.
- **Eaten by:** Barn Funnel Weaver (*Tegenaria domestica*) — Larger house spiders sometimes ambush and eat them.

## Traits

- [Spotted](https://www.snappit.app/explore/traits/spotted): Marked with spots or patches of a different color.
- [Solitary](https://www.snappit.app/explore/traits/solitary): Solitary animals live alone for most of their lives, only interacting with others for mating or parental care.
- [Colorful](https://www.snappit.app/explore/traits/colorful): Colorful describes organisms or objects displaying a wide range of bright and distinct colors.
- [Carnivorous](https://www.snappit.app/explore/traits/carnivorous): This trait identifies organisms whose diet consists entirely or primarily of animal tissue.
- [Diurnal](https://www.snappit.app/explore/traits/diurnal): Diurnal animals are primarily active during daylight hours, typically resting or sleeping at night.

## Collections

- [Insects](https://www.snappit.app/explore/collections/insects)

## Safety

**Danger:** 1/5 · Very low

House Jumping Spiders are not dangerous and can be safely observed, but it's best not to touch them.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How to identify House Jumping Spider?

Compare body proportions, leg shape, abdomen markings and the web, if there is one. Eye arrangement can be decisive but rarely shows up in a casual phone photo. A web is a supporting clue, not proof of who built it. Spider Identifier: upload a photo and compare the visible details.

### How big is House Jumping Spider?

3-5 mm

### How long does House Jumping Spider live?

365-730 days

### What does House Jumping Spider eat?

Tiny hunters, they eat small insects found indoors, such as booklice. They stalk their prey and then pounce.

### Where is House Jumping Spider usually found?

You can find them in homes, gardens, and other places where they can hunt for insects.

### How does House Jumping Spider hunt?

Pursuit

### How many legs does House Jumping Spider have?

8

## Where to spot

- [Plymouth Pillars Park](https://www.snappit.app/guides/places/plymouth-pillars-park) — Washington, US · Park

## More Invertebrate

- [Coral](https://www.snappit.app/explore/coral)
- [Crab Spider](https://www.snappit.app/explore/crab-spider) (*Mecaphesa asperata*)
- [Garden Spider](https://www.snappit.app/explore/garden-spider) (*Araneus diadematus*)
- [Brown Recluse Spider](https://www.snappit.app/explore/brown-recluse-spider) (*Loxosceles reclusa*)

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Source: [House Jumping Spider: Facts & Places to See — Snappit](https://www.snappit.app/explore/house-jumping-spider)