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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Pelegrina » Peppered Jumper (Pelegrina galathea)

Species Pelegrina galathea - Peppered Jumper

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
black and white Jumping Spider - Pelegrina galathea - female Peppered jumper - Pelegrina galathea - male Peppered jumper - Pelegrina galathea - male Peppered jumper - Pelegrina galathea - male Spider BG598 - Pelegrina galathea - male Spider BG598 - Pelegrina galathea - male Spider with prey - Pelegrina galathea - female Courtship; crouch display - Pelegrina galathea - male - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Salticidae (Jumping Spiders)
Genus Pelegrina
Species galathea (Peppered Jumper)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog
Explanation of Names
Pelegrina galathea (Walckenaer, 1837)
Identification
Palp (ventral/lateral)

Epigynum (ventral/dorsal)
Range
From New England west to Nebraska and Colorado and south to Texas and Florida (1)
Habitat
Open fields on the herbaceous foliage and lower branches of trees. (1)
Season
mostly: Apr-Oct (BG data)

Males: Apr - Sept Females: May thru autumn (1)
Remarks
This species may be important in the control of pest insects (1)
Internet References
Video of Pelegrina galathea - D. Walton
Works Cited
1.Common Spiders of North America
Richard A. Bradley . 2012. University of California Press .
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 1:20pm
Additional contributions by Jay Barnes, cheins, Mike Quinn, Dick Walton, Ted Kropiewnicki, Marci Hess
Last updated 30 December, 2022 - 10:57am

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