
Comments & ID Thoughts
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10713568
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- Submitted: Apr 8, 2018
- Photographed: Apr 8, 2018
- Spider: Hentzia mitrata
- Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: High foliage (includes trees and tree trunks)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Dorsal
Hi, and welcome to the site. Your spider is a jumping spider in he Salticidae family.
This looks to be a sub adult female, Platycryptus genus, likely P. undatus species.
https://bugguide.net/node/view/3354
I’m familiar with Platycryptus undulatus adults, but had never seen a juvenile of that species. In my experience Platycryptus are most often found on open hard surfaces, but I found this juvenile under a holly leaf. Elsewhere, someone suggested this might possibly be a Hentzia sp. In any case, juveniles can be tricky to identify.
Hi, Hentzia mitrata. 🙂
i spotted this species in Mumbai,India today. Unfortunately I was unable to photograph it nor capture it as it quickly climbed the building