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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Marpissa » Pike Slender Jumper (Marpissa pikei)
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Pike Slender Jumper - Marpissa pikei - female
Copyright © 2009 John Pearson

Pike Slender Jumper - Marpissa pikei - Female
Kellerton Grasslands Conservation Area, Kellerton, Ringgold County, Iowa, USA
July 18, 2009
Size: 9 mm body (ex legs)
This small, slender spider crawled out of a native grass haybale harvested nearby and used as bench for outdoor seminar in large prairie planting. Dorsal view.

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Contributed by John Pearson on 18 July, 2009 - 10:25am
Last updated 19 July, 2009 - 4:47pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John Pearson, 19 July, 2009 - 4:46pm login or register to post comments

Agree -
with Salticidae. What about something like Marpissa pikei? Please wait for Jay Barnes or one of our other salticid experts to comment.
… Ken Schneider, 18 July, 2009 - 2:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks like Marpissa pikei to
Looks like Marpissa pikei to me too.

Probably an adult female.
… Jay Barnes, 19 July, 2009 - 4:23pm login or register to post comments

Try looking under Jumping Spi
Try looking under Jumping Spiders

looks something like this example
http://bugguide.net/node/view/43513/bgimage

Just trying to give the idea of jumping spiders-not necessary the species I have a link to.
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 18 July, 2009 - 11:53am login or register to post comments

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