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title: "Longleg Dandy"
description: "Portia schultzi — Owady i pająki. Portia schultzi is a species of jumping spider which ranges from South Africa in the south to Kenya in the north, and also is found in West Africa and Madagascar."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/longleg-dandy
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Longleg Dandy

> Portia schultzi — Owady i pająki. Portia schultzi is a species of jumping spider which ranges from South Africa in the south to Kenya in the north, and also is found in West Africa and Madagascar.

- Scientific name: *Portia schultzi*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 528
- Wikidata: [Q2702827](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2702827)
- iNaturalist taxon: [339943](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/339943)

## Names

- en: Longleg Dandy

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (303), ZW (93), MW (11), KE (7), MZ (6), ZM (6), SZ (5), BW (4), MG (3), TZ (3)

## Summary

Portia schultzi is a species of jumping spider which ranges from South Africa in the south to Kenya in the north, and also is found in West Africa and Madagascar. In this species, which is slightly smaller than some other species of the genus Portia, the bodies of females are 5 to 7 mm (0.20 to 0.28 in) long, while those of males are 4 to 6 mm (0.16 to 0.24 in) long. The carapaces of both sexes are orange-brown with dark brown mottling, and covered with dark brown and whitish hairs lying over the surface. Males have white tufts on their thoraces and a broad white band above the bases of the legs, and these features…

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

## Photo

![Longleg Dandy](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/longleg-dandy/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jonathan Whitaker · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/34573771

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/longleg-dandy?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).