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Jumping spider

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Species:
Servaea species (QM)
Previous species name:
Plexippus validus
Family:
Salticidae
Body length:
female: 9 mm
male: 8 mm
Habitat:
On or under bark in eucalypt forests
Toxicity:
Unknown; may be able to at least cause local pain
Servaea species

The surface markings of this species are reasonably distinctive.

Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Many other salticid species with drab colours and a 'conventional' body shape.



Email Ron Atkinson for more information.    Last updated 1 February 2002.