Comments & ID Thoughts
i feel its a species of jumping spider but i have never seen a pink color spider in jumping spiders.
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- Submitted: Jan 17, 2019
- Photographed: Jan 14, 2019
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Tirchy, India
- Spotted Outdoors: Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc),Open field, pasture, prairie, grassland,Forest
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Its pink in color, never seen a spider in that color
With those big median eyes, you are right it is definitely a Jumping Spider in the family Salticidae.
BUT its pink which is unusual
Yes, very unusual colour in spiders. It has a pattern of light and dark markings that look typical but a fairly even pink colour overall, which is not common. I wonder if it might be infected with a fungus that is causing an unusual appearance.
definitely something strange going on here, call me cynical but I feel the image has been altered.
I’ve never seen or heard of a pink jumping spider from India, the ID groups available do not mention any pink jumping spiders…
The image has not been altered.The spider was freely hopping under a tree
There’s a patch on the abdomen where it’s natural color is visible next to it’s rear leg (leg IV). It looks like it got paint on it or something.