Colonus puerperus

Colonus puerperus is a species of jumping spider commonly found in the eastern United States. Its range stretches along the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas, and north to Kansas, Illinois, and Pennsylvania.^[2] It is usually found in grassy areas during the warmer months of the year.^[3] Adult females are between 7 and 11 mm (0.3–0.4 in) in length.^[3][4] Adult males are between 5 and 7 mm (0.2–0.3 in).^[2][4]

Colonus puerperus
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Colonus
Species:	C. puerperus
Binomial name
Colonus puerperus (Hentz, 1846)[1]
Synonyms[1]
Attus puerperus Hentz, 1846 Thiodina puerpera Peckham & Peckham, 1909

The species name is from Latin puerperus, "just having born a child" (from puer, child, and pario, give birth).^{[citation needed]}

This species is among the furthest jumping, if not the furthest jumping, species of jumping spiders. The maximum horizontal jump distance of a 6.2 mm male was measured at 23 cm, meaning that C. puerperus is capable of jumping up to 38 times its body length.^[5]