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Jumping Spider

Salticidae sp.

Description:

Jumping spiders are among the easiest to distinguish from similar spider families because of the shape of the cephalothorax and their eye patterns. The legs of jumping spiders are not covered with any very prominent spines. The front legs are generally larger to assist in grasping prey,

Habitat:

On a guard rail next to a road.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Atul
Atul 10 years ago
Jumping Spider (Male and Female)
Hentzia palmarum Jumping Spider - Hentzia palmarum - BugGuide.Net


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2 Comments

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 10 years ago

Hard to say tomato.glasgow. It got covered up and drug away quickly. My other photos were a retreating blur. :)

tomato.glasgow
tomato.glasgow 10 years ago

The other spider looks like a crab spider species

gatorfellows
Spotted by
gatorfellows

Plano, Texas, USA

Spotted on Nov 15, 2013
Submitted on Nov 17, 2013

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