Phidippus clarus, also known as the Brilliant jumping spider, is a species of jumping spider (family Salticidae) found in old fields throughout eastern North America.
P. clarus is a predator, mostly consuming insects, other spiders, and other terrestrial arthropods.
It often waits upside down near the top of a plant, which may be useful for detecting prey, and then quickly jumps down before the prey can escape.
The spider is one of 60 species in the genus Phidippus and one of about 5,000 in the Salticidae, a family that accounts for about 10% of all spider species.
