Jumping Spider - Eris militaris

Moved

Moved from Jumping Spiders.

Okay, I give! :-)

I think if I took a female militaris and start scraping off the scales, this is what it would look like. I'll disagree with Pelegrina, since I wouldn't expect any amount of weathering to remove or obscure the chevron patterns often present.

… Jay Barnes, 12 February, 2008 - 4:14pm

Thanks Don

I'm moving back to jumping spiders for now. R. Crawford says probably a Pelegrina - possibly an Eris.

… Lynette Schimming, 30 August, 2007 - 9:26pm

Hm.. Pelegrina

I was surfing from a portable before and didn't see this message. Pelegrina seems possible, and I'm not yet familiar with anything outside of my range. I'll try to put a list together of what's available in your area based on Maddison's revision and try to narrow it down. Do you remember the size on this one? Pelegrina are generally pretty short, but gravid females can get pretty "plump", as this one obviously is.

Is the e-mail address in your profile still current?

… Jay Barnes, 5 September, 2007 - 3:20pm

Size

I don't remember. I don't recall it being remarkably small or large, so let's say average for jumping spider. :) Yes my email is still good. Thanks for the help.

… Lynette Schimming, 5 September, 2007 - 4:19pm

Probably not.

I'm pretty sure this isn't P. aurantius, but I can't tell you what it is. It reminds me of those hundreds of Eris images that are piled up. Since it's one of those "little brown turds", maybe Jay can ID it.

… Don Cadle, 30 August, 2007 - 8:21pm

"big brown turd" :-)

Looks more like a Phidippus to me, with the black stripes. Also looks like the lateral bands are worn off.

… Jay Barnes, 31 August, 2007 - 1:03am

The abdomen does,

but I see no tufts on the carapace. At this angle, we should be able to see at least one of the tufts on the carapace, so this would lead me to believe that it's not a Phidippus.

… Don Cadle, 31 August, 2007 - 9:07am