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title: "Common Housefly Catcher"
description: "Plexippus petersi — Insekten & Spinnen. Plexippus petersi is a species of jumping spider native to Asia that has been introduced to Africa and Pacific islands."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/common-housefly-catcher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Common Housefly Catcher

> Plexippus petersi — Insekten & Spinnen. Plexippus petersi is a species of jumping spider native to Asia that has been introduced to Africa and Pacific islands.

- Scientific name: *Plexippus petersi*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: `urban` (Stadt & Garten)
- iNaturalist observations: 7067
- Wikidata: [Q2142304](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2142304)
- iNaturalist taxon: [125443](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/125443)

## Names

- en: Common Housefly Catcher

## Countries with the most observations

IN (1298), TH (938), ID (545), MY (307), LK (287), PH (229), AU (227), TW (141), VN (90), SG (68), KH (33), MX (22)

## Summary

Plexippus petersi is a species of jumping spider native to Asia that has been introduced to Africa and Pacific islands. The male is between 6 and 10 mm (0.24 and 0.39 in) in length, and the female is around 10 millimetres (0.39 in). This spider is commonly known as the tropical flycatcher or small zebra jumper.

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

## Photo

![Common Housefly Catcher](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-housefly-catcher/medium.jpg)

Photo: 余世文 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/242627546

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-housefly-catcher?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).