Salticidae
(Jumping Spiders)

Picture ID 5939

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Found this in a hibiscus flower- what is it and did it deposit an egg or waste material next to it?

Submitted by:
mirving
Submitted: Feb 23, 2018
Photographed: Feb 23, 2018
Spider: Salticidae (Jumping Spiders)
Location: Miami, Florida, United States
Spotted Outdoors: On Flower
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Dorsal

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ItsyBitsy

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February 23, 2018 10:54 pm

Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 This is a Jumping Spider (Salticidae), looks similar enough to Messua limbata – perhaps that or something similar.
https://bugguide.net/node/view/402309/bgimage

ItsyBitsy

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February 24, 2018 8:49 am

Also, I’m not sure about the droplet. If it appeared to have come from the spider it might be waste material, I’d be surprised if it were an egg because there’s no silk there yet to protect it.