Dimorphic Jumper (Maevia inclemens) - male 2 April 2016 Greenbelt Corridor Ray Roberts/Lewisville Lake, 428 Access Area, Aubrey Branch Denton County, Texas Note: We thank the Contributing Editors at BugGuide, Department of Entomology, Iowa State University, who jointly produced the ID for our observation including Blocky (a psuedonym) and John and Jane Balaban. Many thanks. The ID on BugGuide may be accessed here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/1207248 Dimorphic Jumper is also known by the common name Dimorphic Jumping Spider. We found this specimen on our car door as we prepared to leave the 428 Greenbelt Access Area. It had just completed molting and was holding onto its molt or may have intended to eat it? Dimorphic Jumper did not want to be disturbed when we tried putting it on our hand to place it on the grass nearby. It moved back and carried its molt with it. BugGuide contributors from the North Texas region have reported many sightings of this particular spider. Such reports tend to occur from April through December. The specimen in our observation is a male, and in this species it tends to be larger than the female. This is its classification: Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynes » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Maevia » Dimorphic Jumper (Maevia inclemens) Source: "Species Maevia inclemens - Dimorphic Jumper," BugGuide, Department of Entomology, Iowa State University, range map, photographs, description, resources, accessed 4.11.16, http://bugguide.net/node/view/2030
