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Not a clue. He seemed to jump. He landed on my art easel in my studio on the second floor of my home. Am guessing he fell out of an air vent in the ceiling above. He appeared to be about ¾" in length. Very distinctive facial features.
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- Submitted: Mar 15, 2021
- Photographed: Mar 15, 2021
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Germantown, Tennessee, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Oh I am 7 and so you do not know I’m right but that is a bold jumping spider I know because I am trying to catch one bad when I go on spring brake in orlando!!!!!!
its not a bold jumper but its definitely in that same genus.
Thank you for the correction.
Thank you, Emily. I think you’re right about it being a jumping spider because I saw him jump! By the way, I named him Durwood and took him out to my garden as soon as I found him. I think he’ll be happier out there.
The mostly white body and green/blue chelicerae make me think that it is a regal jumping spider, also called Phidippus Regius. Tennessee is also in their range 🙂
Thank you for the details. “Regal” makes him sound very special. I’ve never seen a spider like him before . . . only guessing he’s male.
They are very fun spiders! You can sex spiders by looking at their palps, on adult males they will look swollen, while on females or young spiders they will look more even.
I looked closely at the photo and cannot see his palps. Am hoping he’s a young super fuzzy male . . . otherwise, I’ll have to change his name.
The males are more likely to have the shiny chelicerae so he probably is 🙂
It can’t be a regal because the females, the white ones, have pink chelicerae, where this one has green ones
I see what you mean here, although it appears that there is a good bit of colour variation within the species. Do you know what it could be?
I’m not sure, perhaps a canopy jumper?
Wow everybody I just want to say this is so cool how everybody can help and leanr towgether and also I have a jumping spider that was pregnant or actually I lernd gravid when I caught her and now I am raising 16 babys and I promise you will love this little spider it is byutiful!