Subject: Costa Rican bug
Location: Southern Costa Rica
March 12, 2015 11:36 am
this guy was on a kitchen counter on Playa Cacao by Golfito Costa Rica and is unlike anything I know of, anybody know?
Signature: T Olesen
Dear T Olesen,
This is a Jumping Spider in the family Salticidae, and because of the long front legs, we would bet that it is a male. Jumping Spider are harmless to humans. They do not spin webs to snare prey. They are hunting spiders.
Seems to be a good match: http://www.jumping-spiders.com/php/tax_drawings.php?id=2250
Hi Cesar,
Thanks for sending us the link. Itata completa does look correct.