Metaphyduppus?
Dear Bugman
Just by chance, I ran into your wonderful website. I wonder if you can help me identify this spider. They tend to hang out on my wooden patio chairs and pounce on flies. They head into narrow cracks when disturbed and they are really fast. It took me a lot of time and efforts to get the photos I wanted.Thanks
Shouqin Huo
Hi Shouqin,
Your photos are beautiful. We really can’t tell you much more than this is a Jumping Spider in the Family Salticidae. It could be a Metaphidippus species. We found an image online that seems to match your eye pattern.
I think this is a Gray Wall Jumper (Menemerus bivittatus). I just found a zillion of these little guys in a west Florida park.
Thanks for your suggestion. We don’t even know the location of this old sighting.