David LaPell
Blackhawk
I took this picture of this spider the other day, not sure what kind it is, interesting pattern. Anyone know what kind it is?
Interesting little spider
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BearBio
Buckeye
Looks like an immature jumper.
Rick Courtright
Hawkeye
Hi,
I've never paid attention to jumpers enough to know if BearBio nailed it, but the first thought thru my mind was "jumping spider" of some sort, too. The guys I see around here--which I assume are all adults?--are pretty "furry" looking (sorta like tiny tarantulas), mostly black w/ a red/orange section on their back. About the same size as yours, too.
Rick C
I've never paid attention to jumpers enough to know if BearBio nailed it, but the first thought thru my mind was "jumping spider" of some sort, too. The guys I see around here--which I assume are all adults?--are pretty "furry" looking (sorta like tiny tarantulas), mostly black w/ a red/orange section on their back. About the same size as yours, too.
Rick C
Lee Martin
Hunter
Excellent photography.
Joe S.
Hunter
[heeby jeeby's] squished? [/heeby jeeby's]
I agree that it looks like a jumping spider, which is a classification that includes a wide variety of species with some shared traits: their approximate size, body form, and some aspects of their behavior.
There was a little column in National Geograpic magazine a few years ago about these, and it was fairly informative, even though it was picutre-heavy, with not a lot of text. They are fascinating creatrues, and harmless to man. Neat picture, by the way.
I myself get the willies around spiders, until I know for sure if the specimen I'm looking at is capable of biting me. If it's not, I enjoy studying and sometimes even handling them.
I'm sort of the same way about snakes, except even the harmless snakes are not something I really want to handle.
Edit: I just found a link to the article online.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/12/photo-journal/shahan-photography
There was a little column in National Geograpic magazine a few years ago about these, and it was fairly informative, even though it was picutre-heavy, with not a lot of text. They are fascinating creatrues, and harmless to man. Neat picture, by the way.
I myself get the willies around spiders, until I know for sure if the specimen I'm looking at is capable of biting me. If it's not, I enjoy studying and sometimes even handling them.
I'm sort of the same way about snakes, except even the harmless snakes are not something I really want to handle.
Edit: I just found a link to the article online.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/12/photo-journal/shahan-photography
Mike Armstrong
Hunter
Neat pic.
The common tarantula we have here in Southern California also jumps quite far. Mostly only seen at night. And pretty harmless; you have to really manhandle the critters to get them to bite. Then, like all spider bites that break the skin, it ain't pretty.
Jumping spiders come in all shapes and colors and are the ONLY spiders that don't give me the creeps, I think partly because they don't build webs. Not a fan of webs on my face, especially when I don't know if the resident is home....
The common tarantula we have here in Southern California also jumps quite far. Mostly only seen at night. And pretty harmless; you have to really manhandle the critters to get them to bite. Then, like all spider bites that break the skin, it ain't pretty.
Jumping spiders come in all shapes and colors and are the ONLY spiders that don't give me the creeps, I think partly because they don't build webs. Not a fan of webs on my face, especially when I don't know if the resident is home....
David Bradshaw
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Fine composition of spider & coin. I've had big beautiful banana spiders walk down my face and neck as the sting their trapeze webs between trees. Don't recall a bite. The more reclusive black widow, brown widow, and brown recluse don't seem to share that disposition.
David Bradshaw
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Rick Courtright
Hawkeye
Hi,
Though I share the general distaste for arachnids shown here, SoCal tarantulas are ok as long as they don't catch you by surprise and scare you out of 10 years' growth, and the jumpers are fascinating to watch. Those little guys seem kinda like the spider world's answer to hummingbirds!
OTOH, if I don't kill a couple of black widows every other night or so for the next couple of months, my summer's not complete!
Rick C
Though I share the general distaste for arachnids shown here, SoCal tarantulas are ok as long as they don't catch you by surprise and scare you out of 10 years' growth, and the jumpers are fascinating to watch. Those little guys seem kinda like the spider world's answer to hummingbirds!
OTOH, if I don't kill a couple of black widows every other night or so for the next couple of months, my summer's not complete!
Rick C
Black Fly
Single-Sixer
I could be wrong, it's been a very long time since I worked with spiders( back in the early seventies), but I think it is a lynx spider. If I remember my taxonomy, the lynx spiders had spines on all of their legs while jumping spiders didn't have spines on their legs. That little fellow has spines on all his legs. His body shape is similar to a lot of jumpers, but I think I remember some lynx spiders with a similar robust shape, although most are a lot skinnier and fragile looking. If it was a frontal picture, the eyes could tell us. Jumpers have those four big eyes. I could be wrong, it's been a long time and I wasn't very good on spider ID.
Really doesn't matter, lovely picture.
Bfly
Really doesn't matter, lovely picture.
Bfly
