Could This Have Been A Jumping Spider?

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GreyStorm404 Cascade Valley, WA Jan 06, 2016

Sorry I don't have any pics, I wish I did.

Anyways, up here in central washington we have a lot of jumping spiders. Usually, they're pretty small, with the occasional meatier one popping up every now and then. Well, last night, in my basement, I came almost face to face with a huge spider! Never seen one this big before! I'd say it was around 2 and 3/4 inches long from top to bottom (it's bigger than it sounds). The spider was black with green lines across it's back. It had short hairs and looked kinda pudgy. Unfortunately, it quickly scuffled away after seeing me, and I tried but couldn't find it.

Why do I think it might be a jumping spider? Well, thinking about it, the colors and overall body shape are extremely similar to a lot of the jumping spiders I have in my house (they're the only spiders I keep indoors), and I have seen larger than average jumping spiders. Plus, it was in the basement, where there are more than a few other spiders and insects it could have been munching on. I thought it may have been a daring jumping spider, but it wasn't black with white stripes and green fangs, it was black with green stripes, as I said before.

My biggest question is, can jumping spiders grow to be THIS big? If so, then I'll just leave it in the house.

Any help is appreciated :)

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jan 06, 2016

Anything that large would not be a jumping spider. There are at least three types of spider in your area that could be that large: Wolf spiders, fishing spiders in the genus Dolomedes, and house spiders in the genera Eratigena and Tegenaria.

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