 Hentzia palmarum (Common Hentz Jumper) ♂. | Another tiny jumping spider: Hentzia palmarum. This one is a male. There are only four species of Hentzia in the US and only two outside of Florida and Georgia. The genus refers to Nicholas Hentz (1797-1856), a French-born entomologist, engraver, and painter, who named over 100 species of spiders. The small photo was taken on 07/16/11 at 5 pm.
bug guide (large photo): http://bugguide.net/node/view/633814 cirrusimage: http://www.cirrusimage.com/spider_jumping_h_palmarum.htm bug guide (small photo): http://bugguide.net/node/view/546690 | |
 Hentzia palmarum (Common Hentz Jumper) ♀. | ... and this is a female of Hentzia palmarum. It is paler, hairier, and 10-20% larger than the male. Some females have forward pointing triangular patterns on their abdomen. In this specimen the markings are more stripe-like. bug guide (this photo): http://bugguide.net/node/view/560203 | |
 Hentzia mitrata ♂. | This species is usually smaller and lighter in color than H. palmarum. Males are bright brown. The edges of their body and legs are white.
bug guide (this photo): http://bugguide.net/node/view/991910 |
