Salticidae
(Jumping Spiders)

Picture ID 55564

Submitted by:
desi-lee
Submitted: Mar 30, 2019
Photographed: Mar 30, 2019
Spider: Salticidae (Jumping Spiders)
Location: Ladysmith , British Columbia, Canada
Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Eyes

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desi.lee

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March 30, 2019 11:49 pm

This little spider was outside my windowsill. It is about the size of my pinky finger nail, I zoomed in with my phone camera to take a picture because his head and face seemed so unusual! I have never noticed a little spider with such an unusual (to me) face! I had to zoom in to see the details! It was very curious of me and ducked when I first put my phone up to take a snap. Very cute and I am usually scared of spiders! Anyone know what this little one is?!

TangledWeb

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April 1, 2019 3:09 am

Hi, this is a jumping spider. They have two big eyes that face forward and very fuzzy chelacerae. The fuzzy chelacerae are allegedly attractive to female jumping spiders. They are super cute. Someone gave us a video of one chasing a cursor on a cumputer screen. If you search them online you’ll find loads of cute pics of jumping spiders.