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I think it's an emerald jumping spider. It actually followed me, and at one point tried climbing on my elbow, before I brushed it away.
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- Submitted: Jul 6, 2021
- Photographed: Jul 6, 2021
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Cherry Hill, New Jersey, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
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Yes this is Paraphidippus aurantius, an Emerald Jumping Spider. Gorgeous! I’ve been stalked by unusual bugs too, it’s weird. I think with both the spiders and insects that followed me, it was the camera flash that they became obsessed with and they wanted more of it from me. Jumping Spiders and Dragonflies I photographed learned to strike poses on various objects, totally hamming it up to have more photos taken. One Sphinx Moth became so obsessed with me that it rode around on my chest for hours. It followed me every time I put it back on the forest floor.… Read more »
Thanks for sharing your wonderful experience.