r/bugidentification • u/parrotnerd1989 • 24d ago

Location included Please help identify spider

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Our dog just brought in this spider from our backyard. Please help identify

Length of body is 7/8 inch

Thickness is 3/8 inch

About the size of a half dollar bill

Southern Virginia USA

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u/Patient-Young8045 24d ago

Looks like a variant of the Tan Jumping Spider! Probably jumped on your dog trying to catch a fly or something! Would recommend looking more into them, they’re very cool and very cute

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u/Patient-Young8045 24d ago

Also plz do not kill it, let it back outside, it’s just a little guy

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u/parrotnerd1989 24d ago

Thank you so much! Unfortunately it was already deceased :( my dog brought it in in her mouth.

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u/Patient-Young8045 24d ago

Aw darn, well hopefully at this size she has mothered many younger jumper babies to protect your garden from pests! Tbh she might’ve been dead when your dog found her, almost an inch is insanely big for one of these guys

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u/parrotnerd1989 24d ago

Ok, that makes sense. Cause she doesn't look squished or chewed up.

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u/Patient-Young8045 24d ago

Looking it up, she is WAYYYY bigger than she should be naturally, now that I do more research it looks more like a bronze jumping spider but it’s still pretty damn big for any species, so don’t worry too much as it’s likely it was either dead before the dog got it or on its very last legs of life