Comments & ID Thoughts
Not even sure if it is a spider. Thought it was a termite or something similar at first.
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- Submitted: Jan 3, 2019
- Photographed: Jan 3, 2019
- Spider: Salticidae (Jumping Spiders)
- Location: Jackson, Missouri, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Dorsal
Hi, this is tentatively one of the ant-mimicing Jumping Spiders (Salticidae), there are a few genera that look like this and they’re tricky to tell apart even from a clear image. There are also a few other families of spider that mimic ants and look similar to this.
https://bugguide.net/node/view/37827/bgpage
https://bugguide.net/node/view/156277/bgpage