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We found this little critter in the State of Minnesota (where we currently live.) My husband found him/her inside of our apartment complex (Im guessing is an indoor critter.) We decided to house him/her in a proper spider container (we used to have a jumper spider in it.) We cleaned the container and added coconut fiber and some moss. We have been feeding the little critter small sized crickets. We are going to try to feed some mealworms later next week. We have been feeding our new friend every other day and now that his size has increased we are feeding him/her every two/three days.
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- Submitted: Sep 5, 2025
- Photographed: Sep 5, 2025
- Spider: Maevia inclemens (Dimorphic Jumper)
- Location: Fridley, Minnesota, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
May 4, 2020
May 4, 2020
Nashua, 
This is another jumper, maybe young or a morph I am not familiar with.
I am fairly sure it’s a young Maevia inclemens
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/134904954
I agree https://bugguide.net/node/view/1977166 He was lucky to be found indoors by someone who likes spiders and who already has a jumping spider habitat. 🙂 Dimorphic Jumpers are called that because the males can be found in 2 morphs. This one or black with pale legs. The females look like this form. I’ve seen some that look red and teal, very pretty. The way I’ve found them in the wild is cutting up invasive shrubs and putting them in a trash barrel for municipal compost. The spiders climb to the top of the barrel quickly, especially the Jumpers.