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title: "Ribbon Jumping Spider"
description: "Metacyrba taeniola — Insekten & Spinnen. Metacyrba taeniola, or the ribbon jumping spider, is a species of spider in the family Salticidae, the jumping spiders."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/ribbon-jumping-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Ribbon Jumping Spider

> Metacyrba taeniola — Insekten & Spinnen. Metacyrba taeniola, or the ribbon jumping spider, is a species of spider in the family Salticidae, the jumping spiders.

- Scientific name: *Metacyrba taeniola*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 7388
- Wikidata: [Q4158161](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4158161)
- iNaturalist taxon: [263950](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/263950)

## Names

- en: Ribbon Jumping Spider
- fr: Saltique à rubans

## Countries with the most observations

US (4219), MX (135)

## Summary

Metacyrba taeniola, or the ribbon jumping spider, is a species of spider in the family Salticidae, the jumping spiders. Males grow to a length of 4.4–6.0 millimeters (0.17–0.24 in), while females reach 5.0–7.2 mm (0.20–0.28 in). M. taeniola differs from related species such as Metacyrba floridana and M. punctata by its greater overall size, and by the relative broadness of its carapace, which is around 70% of its length.

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

## Photo

![Ribbon Jumping Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ribbon-jumping-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Alex Heyman · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/335682089

## Machine access

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