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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Zygoballus » Hammerjawed Jumper (Zygoballus rufipes)
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Jumping Spider - Zygoballus rufipes - male
Copyright © 2007 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

Jumping Spider - Zygoballus rufipes - Male
Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 23, 2007
Size: much less than 1/4 inch
Soory it was very small and busy-not great photos

I had a sort of metallic look-purplish

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Jumping Spider - Zygoballus rufipes - male Jumping Spider - Zygoballus rufipes
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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 7 July, 2007 - 5:45pm
Last updated 7 September, 2007 - 12:04am

Moved
Moved from Zygoballus.
… Jay Barnes, 7 September, 2007 - 12:04am login or register to post comments

Zygoballus
Adult male Zygoballus. Abdomen markings are a little indistinct (typical) but the leg coloring strongly suggests Z. rufipes.

Don't sweat the image quality. This tiny species can be difficult to shoot. Very fun to watch though, with their mechanical, almost robot-like movements.
… Jay Barnes, 8 July, 2007 - 10:46am login or register to post comments

It
looks like a male Zygoballus.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 7 July, 2007 - 6:35pm login or register to post comments

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