Jumping Spider ID

stillpressed

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Hello! I found this jumping spider at work in Salt Lake City (we get plants imported from Hawaii/florida/california, so she could really be from anywhere). I made an enclosure for her to keep as a pet since I haven’t seen any spiders resembling her assuming she was invasive. Since then, she’s started working on an egg sac and I’m wanting to make sure that she actually is invasive. Included are photos of her as soon as she emerged from her little nest, she was offered food immediately after. TIA
 

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Andrew Clayton

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Phidippus Texanus has a similar colouration on some species, but jumpers can look different between males and females and even females of the same species can have different colouration.
If you're keeping it, that enclosure is far too moist, a light misting from an arms length away once a week does fine. It also looks pretty hungry I would offer it food every day for a week to plump its abdomen up a bit.
I'm pretty new to keeping Jumpers though. Hopefully someone with a lot more experience can help you out more and welcome to AB
 
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