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This spider was found crawling on a folding chair in a gravel lot (next to some bushes and grass). I think it's about the size of a dime, or a bit smaller. Sorry for the blurry photo, it was moving a lot trying to find a dark spot on the chair. It has brown striped legs and a pattern on its back, and appears to be fuzzy.
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- Submitted: Sep 21, 2024
- Photographed: Sep 21, 2024
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Waxhaw, North Carolina, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.),Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc),Under rock, log, or debris
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
I am fairly sure it is a little jumping spider…..hard to say which one though…..I have a hunch it is in the genus Phiddipus as the males of several Phiddipus species have those white tufts of hair on their front legs
Here is a picture of Phiddipus otiosus
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/184338716
and here is a picture of Phiddipus princeps
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/75537928
There are lots of other species that could fit though.
This is a picture of Phiddipus audax BTW.. the most common Phiddipus in your state.
And in a similar pose to the spider in your picture