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My initial guess is probably a regal jumping spider (phiddipus regius?) Decently sized and found on the side of my barn.
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- Submitted: May 31, 2019
- Photographed: May 29, 2019
- Spider: Phidippus audax (Bold Jumper)
- Location: Ohio, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Dorsal, Prey
Jun 6, 2019
Jun 5, 2019
Pawling, 
Regal jumpers are usually found in southeastern US so bold jumper is more likely
Thank you so much for the reply it’s good to know! I’m new to spider keeping and due to these cuties being invasive I take them home unless I am suspicious of it being a gravid female.
I actually just caught two bold jumpers, my best friend wanted one and I’m keeping the other! They’re such cool little creatures.
I can’t find any info about either species being listed as invasive anywhere. Do you know of an official source?
Let me see if I can find it again ๐ I believe it was an Ohio Gov site but I may be wrong.
I cannot find the exact one I read through but typing in ‘jumping spiders ohio invasive’ brings up an article released by OSU called ‘Jumping Spiders; Ohios natural enemies’ but I didn’t find the article very jawdropping/ informative in my own opinion.
Thanks for replying. I read the OSU article and I think the title is very misleading in someone’s attempt to be clever with wordplay. I think it was pretty dull too. ๐ State links are the best for finding out what is legally a prohibited species, since that requires passing a law, not just passing judgment.
The most helpful documents I read were odnr (.gov websites) about spider collection specifically in OH. As far as I have seen it is a voucherless (no permit needed) and legal to collect spiders/insects but not native wildlife. Of course everyone should double, triple and quadruple check for themselves on state laws for ohio and anywhere else they plan on collecting & only collecting on their own property or with written consent with the property owner ๐
I was surprised that my National Wildlife Federation spider and insect field guide advocates collecting arthropod specimens and goes into detail about it. I don’t see any use for it with modern photography except for entomology class studies. We mostly used prepared slides and taxonomic keys in Invertebrate Zoology – except for larger animals. I remove invasive plants from public land. It is legal because the plants aren’t legal. I made sure the City departments and police know who I am and that I know what I’m doing. Whenever someone calls the police to have me checked out the police… Read more ยป
That’s pretty cool! I’ve collected a couple jumping spiders but only kept for a limited amount of time to look at their habits and behaviors for my own curiousity. Specifically webbing and things because everything I’ve read says they do not web, I’ve found that to be somewhat true as I’ve seen a couple that do web their foods if they’re not done with it and a couple that seemed to web for no reason other than to web.
I agree with Adele, this one is probably Phidippus audax (bold jumper). We don’t have any valid records for P. regius in Ohio. Check out the list on my website spidersinohio.net (under about spiders, checklist).
Awesome! Thank you for the reply and I will definitely check it out! ๐