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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Maevia » Dimorphic Jumper (Maevia inclemens)
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Jumper - Maevia inclemens
Copyright © 2009 Ben Van Allen

Jumper - Maevia inclemens
Highbanks Metro Park, Delaware County, Ohio, USA
June 5, 2009
Size: biggish
A decent sized and fairly distinctively marked Jumper. Started by hiding under the leaf, then jumped on the lens - after that run-around it was pretty cooperative.
Any ideas?

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Contributed by Ben Van Allen on 5 June, 2009 - 1:07pm
Last updated 6 June, 2009 - 5:25pm

Thanks
Inclemans seems pretty good, so I put it there. Is it a female?
… Ben Van Allen, 6 June, 2009 - 5:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Pretty likely, yes
Young males look identical to females, but the markings on this are too well-developed to be an immature in my opinion.
… Jay Barnes, 6 June, 2009 - 6:09pm login or register to post comments

Nice shots
Maevia inclemens.
… Jay Barnes, 5 June, 2009 - 10:12pm login or register to post comments

While waiting for an expert o
While waiting for an expert opinion try looking through Maevia and see what you think: http://bugguide.net/node/view/1987
… Sharon Warner, 5 June, 2009 - 4:05pm login or register to post comments

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