Platycryptus undatus
(Tan Jumping Spider)

Comments & ID Thoughts

Platycryptus undatus. My first Tan Jumping Spider photo. It is in the center of an engraved letter on a gravestone, well camouflaged. I suspected that spiders use lichens as a hydration source. Lichens absorb water instantly, they're very spongey. I spritzed the lichens with water and the spider ran to them and began using its legs to shovel the moist lichen matter into its mouth.

• Submitted by: 
  
  tangledweb
• Submitted: Jun 8, 2020
• Photographed: Jun 7, 2020
• Spider: Platycryptus undatus (Tan Jumping Spider)
• Location: Nashua , New Hampshire, United States
• Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
• Found in web?: No
• Attributes: Dorsal