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Jumping spider

Jotus sp.

Photo by Mark Ridgway
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

About 10mm long with a face just like a small monkey. Two white stripes around a single black one on the abdomen.

Habitat:

On a low shrub in a local state forest.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)

Lol ...thank you Sir for the correction :)
Hmm i guess you are right Jotus cf auripes would be a very close one :) http://www.jumping-spiders.com/index_wiki.php?id=1321
I doubt that any Cairns species would survive down here without an extra pullover. I think that Dutch Jotus sp. looks better... what do you think?

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