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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Colonus » Colonus sylvanus
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Jumping Spider - Colonus sylvanus
Copyright © 2015 Ken Carman

Jumping Spider - Colonus sylvanus
Meggett, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
May 31, 2015

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Contributed by Ken Carman on 31 May, 2015 - 6:06pm
Last updated 31 May, 2015 - 8:17pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request. Male--White blotch instead of longitudinal midline on carapace distinguishes it from male T. puerpera.
… Chad Heins, 31 May, 2015 - 8:17pm login or register to post comments

That's the oddest spider . . .
I've ever seen :)
… Cathy Wilson, 31 May, 2015 - 6:21pm login or register to post comments

 
odd spider
It was getting ready to jump onto my camera lens, which it did a second after I took the last shot . . . the one where its legs are pulled up.
… Ken Carman, 31 May, 2015 - 7:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Oh yeah!
I love it when they do that.
… Cathy Wilson, 31 May, 2015 - 7:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Jumping spiders
Love cameras, they always jump on mine.
… Lisa I., 31 May, 2015 - 7:38pm login or register to post comments

 
A
Jumping spider Thiodina sylvana
… Lisa I., 31 May, 2015 - 7:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Appreciate you pointing me in the right direction.
… Ken Carman, 31 May, 2015 - 7:40pm login or register to post comments

 
You
Are very welcome. :)
… Lisa I., 31 May, 2015 - 7:41pm login or register to post comments

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