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- Submitted: Apr 28, 2018
- Photographed: Apr 28, 2018
- Spider: Phidippus princeps
- Sex:Male,
- Location: Reidsville, North Carolina, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Dorsal
Phidippus princeps
Picture ID 10922
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Phidippus princeps Family Genus Species
- Submitted May 26, 2018
- Photographed May 26, 2018
- Female
- 3 Comments
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Phidippus princeps Family Genus Species
- Submitted May 27, 2018
- Photographed May 26, 2018
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Phidippus princeps Family Genus Species
- Submitted May 16, 2019
- Photographed Jul 18, 2018
- Cades Cove, Tennessee, United States
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Phidippus princeps Family Genus Species
- Submitted Mar 18, 2019
- Photographed Mar 18, 2019
- Valdosta, Georgia, United States
- 2 Comments
I did indeed kill it as you can see but I’ve never seen one like this and it was in my living room on my top wall near the ceiling and it was literally working on way to get. Loser to where I was sitting. So before it could attack me I attacked it lmfao. But anyone know what this is?
Hi. Your spider is a jumping spider in he Salicidae family, this one is Phidippus johnsoni species. Sometimes called red backed jumping spiders. These are a very harmless sort of spider and will pose no threat to you. If this helps, I don’t know of any spider in north America that will attack any human much less any animal much larger than they are. Spiders don’t even know humans exist other than being some threat to hem, and then, they are going to run from you or avoid you. Among people that like spiders, these jumpers are more a favorite… Read more »
Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 This looks like Phidippus princeps.
https://bugguide.net/node/view/773059/bgimage