The white-eyebrowed jumping spider is a small East Asian jumping spider; males have a band of white hairs above their big front eyes that looks like a pair of white eyebrows. It lives in Japan, Korea, China, and the Russian Far East and is not found in the wild in the United States.
Appearance
- Appearance
- Females are about 1/4–5/16 in (7–8 mm) long; males are a little smaller. Males have a glossy blackish-brown front body with white hairs along the front edge of the head and white-tipped . Females are paler, with a black head, a light brown collar, and a pale yellowish abdomen with fine gray stripes.
Where it lives
- Typical habitats
- Forests
- Grasslands
- Urban green spaces
- Range
- Japan, Korea, China, and the Russian Far East. It does not occur in North America.
- Preferred conditions
- From lowland to mountain forests and grassy places, including city parks, where it wanders over shrubs and plants.
Behavior
- Diet
- Mostly small insects. In Japan it has been seen stealing ant eggs, larvae, and pupae, and even attacking a spider sitting in its web.
- Activity
- It hunts by sight instead of building a web. In Japan, adults are seen from May to August.
Life cycle
- Reproduction
- One generation a year. A female lays several egg sacs, each holding about 20–30 eggs.
Conservation
- IUCN Red List
- NENot EvaluatedNot yet assessed
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