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dimorphic jumper

Maevia inclemens

Classification

Order
Araneae

Maevia inclemens or the dimorphic jumping spider is a relatively common and colorful jumping spider of North America. In the males there are two forms, a very rare phenomenon in zoology. These use different courting displays, and differ in appearance: the "tufted" morph has a black body and pedipalps ("palps"), three black tufts across its "head", and pale legs; and the "gray" morph has black and white stripes all over its body and legs, orange palps, and no tufts.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 4,521Canada · 293