Salticidae
(Jumping Spiders)

Picture ID 98945

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Found on my curtain about 4' above a heating vent, on the 2ND floor IN MY BEDROOM!

Submitted by:
daffodilmom
Submitted: Jan 30, 2020
Photographed: Jan 27, 2020
Spider: Salticidae (Jumping Spiders)
Location: Akron, Ohio, United States
Spotted Indoors: Other
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Dorsal

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daffodilmom

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January 30, 2020 10:17 am

Please tell me what this is. I’m terrified

ItsyBitsy

Moderator

January 30, 2020 12:39 pm

Hi, this is a Jumping Spider (Salticidae), hard to make out the details but I think most likely Platycryptus undatus (Tan Jumper). Not anything to worry over.

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Salticidae (Jumping Spiders)

Picture ID 98945

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Salticidae
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