Species Maevia inclemens - Dimorphic Jumper

Dimorphic Jumping Spider

See the World Spider Catalog.

(Walckenaer, 1837)

Male 5-7mm long

Female 7-10mm long

Male has two forms: the first has a black body, pale yellowish legs and three small tufts of black hair on the cephalothorax (fig. 1); the second form has a grayish body with red, white, and black markings (fig. 2). The female resembles the second form with faint V-shaped markings and a paler abdomen.

(Fig. 1) (Fig. 2)

Palp:

Epigynum:

New England west to Manitoba and south to Texas and Florida. (1)

Milne, p. 911 (2)