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palmbob Acton, CA(Zone 8b) Aug 02, 2006

This is a really fast, jumping spider in my garden... what is it? About 1cm long.

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Aug 02, 2006

palmbob,
That is a jumping spider in the Salticidae, not a wolf spider. It is almost certainly a member of the genus Phidippus. The closest I can find is Phidippus adumbratus http://bugguide.net/node/view/19130/bgimage
but there are others that are very similar.

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palmbob Acton, CA(Zone 8b) Aug 02, 2006

Looks like Phidippus purinosus.. think that's possible?

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Aug 02, 2006

That one seems to be only recorded in Texas. P adambratus is a Californian species http://salticidae.org/salticid/DIAGNOST/phidippu/adumbrat.htm

I think the only way to be sure would be to collect one and take it to an entymologist (or rather arachnologist),

Ken

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hope43 Tulsa, OK(Zone 7a) Aug 02, 2006

what ever kind its scary. great picture.

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catncrows Wadsworth, NV Sep 14, 2006

Looks what we have here in Hazen, Fernley and Wadsworth NV, don't know what it is but it bites and the bites hurt! Does'nt seem to cause more than a red welt that last only a day or two.

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magoobu Phoenix, MD(Zone 7a) Sep 14, 2006

I am with Hope whatever it is it loosk scary and it Jumps??? EEEkk great shot though!!!

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Night_Bloom Griffin, GA(Zone 8a) Sep 17, 2006

I agree - good shot.

I often have to try very hard to get a shot of most jumping spiders, because they have a habit of wanting to investigate things in their area - and that usually means jumping on it. Therefor, they often jump on my camera lense while I'm trying to photograph them. Cute, but yet also annoying when they won't stay still for their photo.

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