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greenestthumb12 Melbourne, Australia Apr 25, 2017

Noticed it inside. Looks really odd, especially the front curved 'legs' (pincers?)

Anyone know this one?

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Apr 25, 2017

This is a jumping spider (family Salticidae); not at all dangerous to humans.

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greenestthumb12 Melbourne, Australia Apr 25, 2017

Thank you for guiding my search.

From some pictures it looks to me like a female Damoetas nitidus.

What do you think?

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Apr 26, 2017

That would seem to be the most likely suspect. However, there are species in a few other genera (including Cosmophasis, Ligonipes, Rhombonotus, and Myrmarachne) that can have a superficially similar appearance.

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