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Big shy lump today (Phidippus regius) 🖤
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Big round lump of grey and black floof which is the shy posture of a Phidippus regius lass, on a palmetto frond peering at you
November 1, 2026 at 1:39 AM
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Undescribed Maevia lad from a hike to the top of Rabun Bald in Georgia back in 2020. He was about to jump from my sis' hand 🖤
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Leggy grey jumping spider with black-stripy legs, his 1st and 2nd pair of which raised guitars as he prepares to jump from a hand
November 1, 2026 at 10:13 PM
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Young Maevia expansa lad from Georgia - a species I had not seen before 🖤
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Little grey jumping spider lad, very leggy, with black-stripy legs, peering at you with the biggest brightest eyes Top view of the lad on my glove, showing his orange and grey stripy booty
November 3, 2026 at 2:53 AM
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Mr Colonus puerperus, one of the more shy species I encounter and I always feel lucky to get a face shot ❤️
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Dark red jumping spider in compact shy salticid posture, peering at you from a dry leaf
October 29, 2026 at 12:38 AM
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Do it do it do it do it do it 😍

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October 31, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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Ya girl just expanded the known range of a favorite of mine, Attidops nickersoni, into Georgia! Previously known only from C. Florida, then into NE Florida (also my doing), and now about an hour north of the border. Just a little flat guy who loves pine bark 🖤
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Flat black and brown jumping spider lad on a white sheet, creepin along Side view of the lad, showing their characteristic pair of thin yellow booty stripes Top view on the sheet, just a flat black and brown lump
October 30, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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Mr P. Cardinalis ❤️
He's just like, a Red Guy
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Deep red and black Phidippus jumping spider with a bright red "cap", perched on a branch peering at you. He's got long spiky eyelashes The little man on his branch, not blending in at all.
October 27, 2026 at 1:37 AM
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Big Spood (Hogna wolf)

Over a certain size, I address spiders of all kinds respectfully as Big Spood
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Very large grey wolf spider, facing you, very close. She looks angy but she's just shy
October 26, 2026 at 12:31 AM
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Just some tiny sand people with the normal number of legs and eyes
(Habronattus alachua pair from this afternoon ❤️)
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Perky little grey salticid with stripy red markings over her big eyes, which are peering up at you curiously from the white sand and detritus The lad, a dark soft floofy salticid with a crimson red face, on the tip of a dry pine needle bundle
October 28, 2026 at 2:27 AM
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This perfect Habronattus alachua lad sat patiently for a few portraits this afternoon and made my day. They're so pretty and soft ❤️
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Crim red-faced jumping spider peering at you from a dry oak leaf with the brightest big eyes. His 1st leg pair is soft bluish grey and pale yellow and floofy. Just a lovely creature
October 24, 2026 at 1:09 AM
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The fall population* of adult Habronattus alachua have dropped 🥹
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*many Habronattus species seem to have both a spring and fall maturing population - usually less numbers in the fall.
Luxuriously floofy-legged jumping spider lad with a dark crimson red face and white spots, chilling on a dry pine needle Pale grey jumping spider lass with stripy eye makeup, also chilling on a dry pine needle
October 22, 2026 at 3:19 AM
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A very distinguished gentleman (Hentzia mitrata) 🤍
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Lovely fuzzy white jumping spider with an orange "cap", long legs crossed in front of him as he looks pensive on the tip of a blade of grass
October 20, 2026 at 2:45 AM
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Terralonus shaferi, from my week-long visit to Texas and New Mexico earlier this year. Just a rarely seen tiny guy who hides in plain sight among the sun-baked rocks (until some salticid-obsessed sicko spots him)
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Pale brown fuzzy jumping spider lad, amongst identically colored pebbles, in a sun-baked landscape my camer sensor clearly hates
October 20, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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Documented Chalcoscirtus at a new spot yesterday, with a pair of males. 🖤 This guy may have been fresh out of his final molt because their legs usually aren't green
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Shiny black nugget of a jumping spider with a bright orange face and pale green legs, peering up at you from a dry leaf
October 19, 2026 at 12:01 AM
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Mr Naphrys bufoides on a burnt pine cone, peering 🖤
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Little grey jumping spider with big floofy palps with white stripes on the side, peering at you from a burnt pine cone
October 16, 2026 at 11:59 PM
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Tiny Naphrys bufoides lad saw a springtail on a miniscule shroom and went for it 🥹

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Stubby little grey and brown jumping spider, peering at a tiny springtail on a tiny bright red mushroom The lad perched on the tiny red shroom barely bigger than he is; the springtail is hiding below the mushroom cap The lad facing away from you, about to jump off the tiny shroom
October 17, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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Mr Chalcoscirtus, and Mr Neon, from a clump of marshy grass this afternoon. My tiny grown-up children 🖤
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Little shiny black jumping spider with a bright orange face and little orange socks, perched on a blade of grass peering at you Shiny black jumping spider with a ring of white scales around his big eyes. He's a boxy little lad
October 15, 2026 at 2:47 AM
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The perkiest young Phidippus princeps pulcherrimus on a seeding sedge 👀

Sometimes salticids are shy and instantly hide, and sometimes they lock eyes on me and just watch as I do my thing. Derpy sweet fierce cat children 🖤
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Fuzzy grey and brown Phidippus on a sedge full of seeds, peering at you with very large eyes
October 13, 2026 at 12:41 AM
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Smol hunter
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Tiny young Phidippus audax, peering out of the very center of a bright pink false foxglove flower
October 10, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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Aaaaaaaaaaaahhh 😍 baby trapdoor spiders! It's been so long since I've seen any. Just little derpy children experiencing the wide world for the first time and dispersing. Bug and I were so happy
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Pyramid of thick white silk over a bit of dried plant, upon which a dozen or so little red lumpy trapdoor spiders wander A single red child navigating a thick multi-stranded road of silk 2 tiny children meeting on a strand of silk 2 tiny children on the edge of a leaf
October 11, 2026 at 1:02 AM
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*tiny airplane noises*
(Mr Phidippus richmani, being a very silly lad 🖤)
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Fancy floofy Phidippus jumping spider boy, his 1st segment on his 1st leg pair so magnificently floofy it's brushing his bluish green face. He's perched on an oak twig, that 1st leg pair spread wide likes he's doing pantomime flying airplane
October 8, 2026 at 1:26 AM
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👀

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(Leggy Green Jello Monster, Lyssomanes viridis)
Green Jello Monster of a leggy jumping spider with orange and white markings around her giant green eyes as she peers up at you
October 6, 2026 at 1:42 AM
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Also see: small Phidippus audax lass on sundial lupine, which is double the fun
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Little black jumping spider on a tower of pink lupine blossoms, peering up at you. Seen through a wide-angle lens from the top down so the characteristic sun-burst leaf clusters of the plant are visible
October 6, 2026 at 1:03 AM
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I'm thinking about entering some photos into a local art show exhibiting Florida's biodiversity next year, and the hardest part is choosing which of my vast assortment of silly creatures the people need to see
Like this perky Geolycosa 🖤
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Little grey burrowing wolf spider, barely poking her head out of her volcano-esque burrow in the white sand
October 6, 2026 at 12:55 AM
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*hands you one*

Phidippus richmani 🖤
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Floofy jumping spider on a dry oak leaf in the palm of my hand, peering up at you
October 5, 2026 at 12:51 AM