CLOSED: Can anyone identify this spider?

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BrendaLee44 Port Charlotte, FL Dec 19, 2008

I found this spider on my son's boat. I thought he had a very cute face!! We live in Southwest Florida. (Port Charlotte)

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Dec 19, 2008

This is a jumping spider (family Salticidae) in the genus Phidippus - see http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/image/85232335 for an example.

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BrendaLee44 Port Charlotte, FL Dec 19, 2008

Thank you! I'm glad that he didn't jump on me!!

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trackinsand mid central, FL(Zone 9a) Dec 19, 2008

oh, i just love those little guys. they're the only ones allowed to live in the house....

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sallyg Anne Arundel,, MD(Zone 7b) Dec 25, 2008

I love them too. The y can startl you if they jump but we handl them and are never bitten.

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kniphofia Cramlington, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Dec 28, 2008

I love them, they have such cute little faces :)

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bigred Ashdown, AR(Zone 8a) Dec 28, 2008

I only have eyes for yooouuuuu.LOL! We have a little fuzzy black w/ white spots,jumping spider that are just adorable...a face only a mother could love. I like to freak my garden club members out by playing with them. I've trained everyone that comes to my house that we don't kill around here.....except copperheads.....and occasionaly black widows spiders.

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