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Some kind of jumping spider.
Mild to warm regions.
The common name is monkey spider, but there are thousands of different kinds.
Spotted on Aug 20, 2015
Submitted on Aug 21, 2015
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....that's the problem with "common names" Michael. I love this family of spiders - include some of the cutest ones. Looks like you've he/she's on one of those beauiful eucalyptus trees.
That's what we called them in TN. But thanks.
I think you have a "jumping spider" (family: Salticidae).
Monkey Spiders are an amazonian species - said to be large and aggressive like this one:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/williamqua...
Yes, Arthropods are a larger grouping (phylum) that contain insects, arachnids, myriapods (millipedes, centipedes, etc) and crustaceans.
Wait so arachnids are Arthropods. Thanks.
I thought spiders were arachnids.
I've moved this from the Other category to the Arthropods category as spiders are arthropods. I don't know about the spider, but the tree it's on is a Rainbow Eucalyptus-- Eucalyptus deglupta -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus...
Maybe you could take a few pictures of the leaves as well as the bark, and add it as a seperate spotting from the spider.