A Jumper ID

Roktman

Arachnopeon
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Hello,

I found this guy yesterday morning on my keys, on my hall table. I have him in an enclosure now. I spent nearly all day yesterday, and part of today looking thru ID galleries trying to find it. No joy there. I'm hoping someone here could ID him. He's quite active and immediately jumped on a fruit fly when I put some in his enclosure.
TIA for any and all help and apologies the pics aren't better..

Topside:


Abdomen underside:
 

Redmont

The collector
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I did a quick google search and I think it is a tan jumping spider (Platycryptus undatus) you can look it up and see if it matches!
 

TylerFishman5675

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I did a quick google search and I think it is a tan jumping spider (Platycryptus undatus) you can look it up and see if it matches!
I did a quick google search and I think it is a tan jumping spider (Platycryptus undatus) you can look it up and see if it matches!
I own a platycryptus undatus, and This is not a spider of the platycryptus genus, more likely, phiddipus as mentioned above.
 

Little Grey Spider

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Just wondering, what is bryantae?
Bryantae variation is poorly described, but it's when the scales on the abdomen have color (varies from white to orange-red) and often there are oblique lateral stripes. This is a male Bryantae audax. Your spider is definitely not P. undatus and I don't believe it's an audax, but I do agree that it is Phidippus. IMG_20161114_073536.jpg
 

Duriana

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It is this variation of the species Phidippus audax.
Bryantae variation is poorly described, but it's when the scales on the abdomen have color (varies from white to orange-red) and often there are oblique lateral stripes. This is a male Bryantae audax. Your spider is definitely not P. undatus and I don't believe it's an audax, but I do agree that it is Phidippus. View attachment 248287
Ohh okay. Never knew there was names for color variations of jumpers.
 

Little Grey Spider

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Ohh okay. Never knew there was names for color variations of jumpers.
This male was actually bright orange before his ultimate molt. Then his orange all turned white. There are some who retain the orange all the way through maturity. Pretty little things.
 
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