Comments & ID Thoughts
Best I can tell it's a jumping spider
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- Submitted: Aug 3, 2020
- Photographed: Aug 3, 2020
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: British Columbia, Canada
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
Yes! What a super fancy one! There are quite a few jumping spiders in North America that have bright red abdomens. I’ve never seen this one before.
Can their bites be serous? I let it go!
No worries; their bites are not considered medically significant.
https://bugguide.net/node/view/817331
Seems to be a Colorado jumping spider! Thank goodness they aren’t poisonous!
You’re right! Phidippus tyrrellii matches perfectly. Good work!
I agree. BugGuide.net doesn’t have any sightings yet for British Columbia, but it looks exactly like a Colorado Jumping Spider. https://bugguide.net/node/view/591081/data
Hey, very cool spider! Where in BC was this photographed?
spider! Byutiful! I am n love!