Spider ID?

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Spider ID?

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Spider? What is this thing? Sorry it's not clearer. I shake too bad when it's hot out and couldn't get a clearer pic :(
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I don't really know the proper name of the spider, but we always called them "jumping" spiders :)

If you put a stick in front of it you would know why LOL!

They jump :)
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Well geepers! I thought for certain YOU'D be the one to know! :D
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That's all I've ever hear them called too, just jumping spiders.
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Well, he didnt' jump, but was crawling behind the 'J' channel of the siding when I opened or closed the slider door. Just a buggy world lately :D I guess that's good, means I keep a pretty good yard for them all hey? :D
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Here ya go :)

It says they bite, but I never knew anyone who got bit by one. But then again I don't hold spiders :eek:

http://dermatology.cdlib.org/DOJvol3num ... ippus.html
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Oh great! Another BITER! I don't mind if these things go after other stuff, but not ME~ UGH!
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We used to play with them when we were younger. Hmmm...Imagine that! We never got bit either...LOL.
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Good to know! Thanks~ I know daddy-long-legs bite too, b/c I was bitten at 14 or so while camping, but we used to catch them as kids and watch them crawl up our arms and stuff, on dares! :roll:
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