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- Submitted: Apr 15, 2021
- Photographed: Apr 15, 2021
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: San Diego, California, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Unidentified
Picture ID 136181
Is this spider unique, or so well-known that no one is commenting on what it is? I’m so curious about it. Thank you.
From memory, it might be https://bugguide.net/node/view/15152 Phidippus johnsoni. I don’t know how to say this without sounding defensive (sorry!) We’re trying to keep up with ID requests, but this site is 100 percent operated by volunteers. I’m kind of the deputy site moderator. Most of our volunteers are new to this and doing a great job with enthusiasm. They haven’t all seen the spiders that are commonly posted in Spring yet. We teach each other as we go. Your Jumping Spider is a little tricky to tell apart from some others because many of them have individual variable colors and… Read more »
Thanks so much. This is a wonderful service and I really appreciate all the amazing pictures and info. Please excuse my eagerness and don’t mistake it for impatience. Truly wondered if it was just such an obvious type that my query annoyed the true spider enthusiasts. Thanks again!
Nope, no spider is too obvious for us to take a crack at identifying. The harder spiders usually stay unidentified for longer, as fewer people are prepared to take on the task of distinguishing between multiple very similar species. Some user submissions are never addressed, even years after being submitted. I’ve tried to go over some of the backlog, but it is a truly monumental task. This is because the demand for spider identifications is greater than the supply of spider identifiers, and this is an unpaid hobby for us. As TangledWeb pointed out, we are doing our best, but… Read more »