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title: "Hairy Tufted Jumping Spider"
description: "Phidippus comatus — Insects & spiders. Phidippus comatus is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/hairy-tufted-jumping-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Hairy Tufted Jumping Spider

> Phidippus comatus — Insects & spiders. Phidippus comatus is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae.

- Scientific name: *Phidippus comatus*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1612
- Wikidata: [Q2796337](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2796337)
- iNaturalist taxon: [58418](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/58418)

## Names

- en: Hairy Tufted Jumping Spider

## Countries with the most observations

US (1420), MX (75), CA (16)

## Summary

Phidippus comatus is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae. It is found in North America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phidippus_comatus

## Photo

![Hairy Tufted Jumping Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hairy-tufted-jumping-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Yann Kemper · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/126754011

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/hairy-tufted-jumping-spider?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).