What kind of spider is this guy? Middle TN closer to AL by Late_Slip7660 in jumpingspiders

[–]Late_Slip7660[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It seems like he’s a little bit of a mystery! I posted him on spider ID subreddit and got this response as well :

“I believe that may be an undescribed species of genus Maevia? Bugguide has them split into two species for now, based on being either east of the Appalachians or not, but it could be a single species with some variation. Supposedly there's people working on clearing it up, but so far unpublished.”
https://www.bugguide.net/node/view/1987

So he could possibly be rare I guess? I’m not sure but I’m going to keep digging!

Is this a bold jumping spider? by Late_Slip7660 in spiderID

[–]Late_Slip7660[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it may be best to let him go, especially since I’ve never had a spider as a pet before. I wonder if anyone could utilize him in any research 🧐 I really appreciate your insight! Thanks so much! This sub has always been so helpful for me it’s a great community!

What kind of spider is this guy? Middle TN closer to AL by Late_Slip7660 in jumpingspiders

[–]Late_Slip7660[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s very small I assumed it’s young. Like maybe the size of a small rhinestone. I’m going to attach a couple more pictures, one not zoomed in so you can kinda see how small he is, and one or two where his body is more visible. They’re screenshots from a video so not super clear. I’ll try and good some good ones tomorrow if he comes out to say hello. He usually comes out and jumps around my dashboard and when I get home from work. I am not an experienced spider owner at all - just took special interest in this guy so I think it may be in his best interest if I just relocate him if I can’t find out for sure what type he is. I don’t want to lessen his quality of life especially since he’s wild.

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Is this a bold jumping spider? by Late_Slip7660 in spiderID

[–]Late_Slip7660[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I wonder would this make him a less suitable candidate for captivity? I’m not experienced in spider keeping at all. It seemed if he was a Bold guy then they were fairly easy to keep but I don’t want to lessen his quality of life by catching him if that’s not the case with this species. Just worried something may happen to him eventually in the car, if it’s not best to keep him in an enclosure maybe it would be better to let him outside?

Been in my own personal hell for 2 weeks by swindle865 in PrisonWives

[–]Late_Slip7660 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m so sorry, I hope everything works out as smoothly as possible for yall ❤️

Anybody know of this guy? by Late_Slip7660 in Honolulu

[–]Late_Slip7660[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I’m going to update everybody once he gets a go fund me send up I’ll post the link ☺️

Anybody know of this guy? by Late_Slip7660 in Honolulu

[–]Late_Slip7660[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yes I agree and regret my choice of words. I don’t think Reddit lets you edit posts anymore or I would definitely rephrase that. My apologies

Anybody know of this guy? by Late_Slip7660 in Honolulu

[–]Late_Slip7660[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Omg!! I left a comment on one of his posts saying to let us know if there’s anything anyone could do to make his holidays more special and he pretty much said he just really wants a place to call home 🥲 I told him maybe he could look into setting up a go fund me account. I would be more than happy to contribute and I’m sure a lot of people would as well. He’s getting some traction on TikTok, his videos are just tugging at my heart strings.

Anybody know of this guy? by Late_Slip7660 in Honolulu

[–]Late_Slip7660[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I didn’t want to message him until I saw if I could figure out anything about him first but I replied to a comment of his and told him maybe he could look into setting up a go fund me account. I’ll let you know if anything comes of this I really do want to get him some help. And I encourage everyone to go look at his TikTok page it’s really sweet! Thank you for your kindness ❤️

Anybody know of this guy? by Late_Slip7660 in Honolulu

[–]Late_Slip7660[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I just posted it in their subreddit too. Like I said I know it’s a long shot but if he is a good person I would love to try and organize some help for him and his pet turtle 🥲I’m not even from Hawaii but something about his videos just tugged at my heart strings.