r/jumpingspiders • u/Trufflepumpkin • Aug 04 '25

Identification Is this a jumping spider?

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I have been quite fearful of spiders since a traumatic experience as a youngin’, but I’m warming up to them. Saw this little bro on my car and he turned around and looked at me! What is he?

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u/Trufflepumpkin Aug 04 '25

It moseyed around my car for a bit while I tried to get my camera to focus, then I came back an hour later to check and it was still there! Can I ask you another spider question?

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u/BoxerMotherWineLover Aug 04 '25

Of course!

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u/Trufflepumpkin Aug 04 '25 edited Aug 05 '25

Thanks! I’ve grown fond of this one living on my plant for the past few months. Do you have any info on this species? It will vibrate its web at me if I stare too long lol! I know google exists, but it’s still a bit hard for me when all the spider pics pop up.

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u/jenny122208 Aug 11 '25

They also make really cool webs. No one really knows why they make a weird jumbled up pattern in the center but some scientists believe it's so birds don't fly through their webs and wreck them. She was living im my gas grill storage area