That is sort of a trick question. Spiders do not engage in athletic contests, so they have no idea of trying to jump just to see how far they can go. Jumping spiders jump as far as they need to in order to reach their prey. They have rarely been observed to fail to catch prey because they jump but fail to reach that far. So they clearly have a good sense of their own limitations. They are likely to creep as near to their prey as they can get without being noticed. So there is probably a reserve margin of jumping capability that jumping spiders rarely use.
Just as sumo wrestlers are rarely broad jump champions, heavy-bodied jumping spiders do not jump for as many times their own body length as do light-bodied jumping spiders. A recent study of one small spider showed that it could jump 15 times its body length. The Zebra spider is about the same size, so it probably could jump around 3 inches too.
It can jump 100 mm
10 feet high?
Jumping spiders can jump horizontally about 25 times their body length. The average jumping spider is about 10mm or less, so that's really not that far (about one foot). That distance is only achieved when they are fleeing something, though. Most regular, non-pressured jumps are just a few centimeters in distance. (source: Biology of Spiders by Rainer Foelix)I'm not sure how high they can jump, though. Can't be that high...
they can jump 2 cm high and 10 centimeters across
My guess is that this spider you saw was either a Jumping Spider (quite possibly a Daring Jumping Spider) or a Parson Spider.
I just caught a spider that matches this description. After looking online, I think it may be a jumping spider from the family Salticidae. I believe that spider is Phidippus Audax a.k.a the Bold Jumping Spider.
One type of spider that is black with green markings is the jumping spider, which is found in North America. They are half an inch in length and can jump very long distances.
Jumping spiders can jump horizontally about 25 times their body length. The average jumping spider is about 10mm or less, so that's really not that far (about one foot). That distance is only achieved when they are fleeing something, though. Most regular, non-pressured jumps are just a few centimeters in distance. (source: Biology of Spiders by Rainer Foelix)I'm not sure how high they can jump, though. Can't be that high...
Jumping spiders are a family of spiders that jump (the salticidae family of spiders). 13% of spider species are jumping spiders. For more information get a book on them, visit http://salticidae.org, or check out the informative wikipedia article on jumping spiders.
Depends on who is jumping it
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Just a couple of inches.
they can jump 2 cm high and 10 centimeters across
In the long jump, you take a single jump wiht will, hopefully, result very far.
A spider monkey can jump really high you should go to a different web site if you want the answer
About 5 inches ha a jumping spider is pretty small.the can jump 50 times there body length and dont make webbs.a camel spider is quite fast and eats larger prey like birds or even people.there are many diferences
Not far enough
you really shouldnt jump a wake from a boat
My guess is that this spider you saw was either a Jumping Spider (quite possibly a Daring Jumping Spider) or a Parson Spider.