Bug Identifier
Jumping spider (likely a zebra spider)
Community identification

Jumping spider (likely a zebra spider)

Salticus scenicus (probable)

Order & Family
Araneae; Salticidae
Size
Adults are typically 5–8 mm long, with females generally larger than males.
See this bug in the Encyclopedia

Natural Habitat

Common on sunlit walls, fences, rocks, windows, and building surfaces, especially in temperate urban areas.

Diet & Feeding

An active visual hunter that eats small flies, mosquitoes, mites, and other tiny arthropods; it does not use a capture web.

Behavior Patterns

It stalks prey, pivots rapidly, and jumps accurately, securing itself with a silk dragline. It may retreat into a silken shelter when inactive or threatened.

Risks & Benefits

Harmless to people and not medically significant; bites are exceptionally rare and minor. It benefits ecosystems and homes by consuming nuisance insects.