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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Eris » Eris floridana
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Jumping Spider - Eris floridana - female
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Elliott

Jumping Spider - Eris floridana - Female
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
February 29, 2004
You can't tell from the photos, but I've always been a bit archnaphobic and this spider almost gave me a heart attack when it actually jumped onto my camera lens. YIKES. I was so proud of myself for not throwing my camera! This spider was very aggressive. The most aggressive I've ever photographed.

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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 29 January, 2005 - 8:29am
Last updated 27 November, 2007 - 9:49am

Eris floridana
see http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/eris/flori-gb.htm
… Lynette Elliott, 25 March, 2005 - 6:58pm login or register to post comments

Good for you
Glad to see you kept your cool. I've had them do that to me as well. Sometimes I think they may see their reflection in the lens and mistake it for another spider.
… Troy Bartlett, 29 January, 2005 - 11:21am login or register to post comments

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