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Commonly called Jumping
spiders, the Salticidae are also affectionately
referred to as Charlies, Herbies or Salties.
They are very common around the home and their
anthropomorphic nature endears them to most
people. The family name is derived from the
Latin "salto" which means to dance with
pantomimic gestures. This is the largest spider
family and includes more than 5000 species
worldwide. These spiders are harmless to man
although there have been complaints where this
comical, engaging animal has been accused of
nasty bites. Here's some photos sent in by
viewers.
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Jumping spiders (Salticidae)
are the personalities of the spider world. Though generally
small in size (up to 12 mm body length), their large eyes,
prodigious jumping ability, often brilliant colours and cocky,
inquisitive activity make them very appealing. Many are daylight
hunters, using their excellent vision to track, stalk and
calculate distance, before suddenly leaping on their prey,
propelled by their strong back legs. Males are often more
strikingly coloured, patterned or adorned with leg or body hair
tufts than are females. They use these adornments to impress the
females during often elaborate courtship displays. Information -
Australian Museum
Please select from my photo pages below.
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Reply: This is a jumping spider -
glen
30 June, 2009:
This spider was found by my husband on our patio tile in the sun.
He said it was 4 inches big.
What kind of spider is this?
It seems to possibly resemble the Jumping Spider but is thicker and more hairy like a tarantula.
I live in Los Angeles, CA.
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29 June, 2009:
Hi
This spider was crawling out of a pile of burnt wood in a fire pit. It was located in South East Michigan in an area that is surrounded by farm-land and woods & ponds.
It was pretty big. It looks like a beetle here but it is definitely a spider. You have to zoom in to see it better. Do you know what it is?
Thanks.
Melissa
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29 June, 2009:
I discovered the very interesting world of spiders last
summer I'm hoping you can help me now identify the one from my kitchen ceiling. One like this if not this very same one has graced the ceiling every summer since I've lived here, never seen it anywhere else in the house. It makes a grey spot about the size of a nickle.
Thanks for any help you might provide me.
Julie,
Plainwell, Michigan
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28 May, 2009:
Hi,
This spider is approximately 3/4" long by about half and inch
wide. Found it in the house but put it back out in the garden. It
sort of resembled a wolf spider (to me). Would appreciate an email
back to
Thanking you in advance.
Paul
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January, 2009:
Hi,
The subject line says it all.
I found this Brown Widow in a seldom-used sink in a shed.
Its web mainline was about 4 feet long and led to a graveyard of dead bugs.
Not sure if it has the cool eggsack described in Wikipedia [and am not too interested in searching for it]. Thanks to your info', I know to be careful around it.
Thanks for the cool site. I teach Biology and was happy to find it.
Do you know what species are shown in the other 2 pictures I've attached?
(they may be the same type of spider, found on 2 different occasions - both time on my garage wall)
jon i
san marino high biology |
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Reply: I'd say it is a grass spider, would be good to maybe let it go outside which is where they like to be. The first jumper looks like a baby daring jumping spider, it is getting the bright green/blue on its fangs. The other jumper I'm not sure of its exact species - there are thousands of them and I really don't know many except for the daring ones. I'd say he is looking for a way out by jumping around the cage, as hinting spiders they don't like to be caged and it would be good to let him go outside too. As for feeding, they will eat when there's food and go without if there's not. As a general rule if there is food left over then you are feeing it too much, if it's eating it all then that's OK. As for gender that's hard to tell as they don't have the longer pedipalps like other spiders do that tell you it's a male or female.
glen
17 January, 2009:
Hi there.
I live in Northern Utah and have a number of spiders come inside to visit. We keep the jumpers since we also seem to have Yellow Sacs and Sowbug eaters. I managed to get a few good shots with the macro setting on a digital point and shoot. I know two are jumpers (and one refused to hold still), but I’m not really sure of the big one. I was hoping for an ID there.
The first is a grass spider, I think. It made a web on the bathroom counter that kept it off the surface and gave it a hole to hide in behind the GF’s make up case. With legs out, I’d guess it was about 1.5 in (3.5 cm) across.
The second one is a jumper, but a tiny one. It was looking a little thin so I gave it some water out my hand, but it wouldn’t hold still for the picture. This little guy was maybe ¼ inch long, if he stretched.
Finally, is the big jumper. This one is close to ½ inch long and the pictures don’t really do the colors justice. Currently, he (or she… hoping you can help with that) is in a terrarium on my desk. The Girlfriend found him in the cat’s food bowl, so she rescued him. I’ve been feeding him, but I’d like to get some information on how much food is too much. He’s really big right now. He’s also
moulted, but the husk is in a websac right on the point where the lid meets the walls of the cage.
The pictures of him are not very good quality, but they are “hell for cute”. It’s almost like he understood and posed for them.
I also have a behaviour question. He has been walking around on the sides of the cage and making 2 to 5 “bounces” with his front feet and pedipalps,, then continues again with just the pedipalps for another 2 or 3 times.
Thanks for any information you can give on the type of the one from the bathroom, or the gender of the black jumper. Also, feel free to use any of these pictures as you see fit.
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