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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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unknown jumping spider - Zygoballus rufipes - female
Copyright © 2015 eileen miller

unknown jumping spider - Zygoballus rufipes - Female
Brushy Creek Recreation Area, Webster County, Iowa, USA
August 22, 2014
Size: ~4-5mm long
found on leaf low to the ground in a woodland--guarding her eggs within a folded leaf edge

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unknown jumping spider - Zygoballus rufipes - female unknown jumping spider - Zygoballus rufipes - female unknown jumping spider - Zygoballus rufipes - female
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Contributed by eileen miller on 22 August, 2015 - 7:17pm
Last updated 19 March, 2019 - 2:07am

Moved
Moved from Zygoballus sexpunctatus.
… dragonfly12, 19 March, 2019 - 2:07am login or register to post comments

I think I was wrong
I think I was wrong about this one. Looks more like Z. rufipes to me now: the orange scales above the primary eyes, the yellow legs, the lack of a large spot of white scales on the top of the carapace, the lack of a band of white scales along the margin of the carapace, etc.
… dragonfly12, 19 March, 2019 - 2:07am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Jumping Spiders.
… Chad Heins, 3 September, 2015 - 6:34am login or register to post comments

Looks like a male Zygoballus
Looks like a male Zygoballus sexpunctatus.
… dragonfly12, 30 August, 2015 - 1:50pm login or register to post comments

 
male Zygoballus sexpunctatus
I think it may be a male. It was so determined to stay near it's retreat that I 'assumed' it must be a female guarding eggs (I id not see eggs!). Since this I have seen male Phidippus audax determined to stay near their retreats--real home bodies!
… eileen miller, 3 September, 2015 - 6:29am login or register to post comments

Moved for the experts
Moved from ID Request. Maybe Zygoballus. I'll come back to it.
… Chad Heins, 23 August, 2015 - 6:48am login or register to post comments

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