Comments & ID Thoughts
After looking at pictures here, I think this might be a Johnson Jumping Spider. Thanks for any help in identifying it.
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- Submitted: Jun 15, 2018
- Photographed: Jun 15, 2018
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Susanville, California, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Looks like a johnson jumping spider.
Thank you, that was my thinking too.
Phidippus johnsoni (red-backed jumping spider, aka Johnson jumping spider). 100% positive. Had a female as pet for a while. Her name was Scarlett O’Hairy. She showed up in my art room one day, so I kept her and took care of her through two clutches of babies (her babies were released in marshland). Broke my heart when she died, but we had a year and a half together. They’re adorable little characters. Beautiful iridescent teal chelicerae.