Rarely collected jumping spider. Beautiful pattern.

SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION: AUTHOR & DATE: Keyserling 1885
RANGE: Widespread in Eastern North America and across the north to British Columbia. Collected for the pet trade occasionally from North Florida.
HABITAT: Found on talus slopes, open scrub and woodland habitats, mostly xeric in nature.
TYPE: Arboreal
COLOR/PATTERN/APPEARANCE: Gray overall with black lateral edges and interesting white dots and blotche pattern on the abdomen. Mature males have an iridescent carapace pattern.
MAXIMUM SIZE: 1/2"
TEMPERATURE: 70F to 85F day with drops no lower than 50F at night.
HUMIDITY: 60% to 70%
TANK SETUP: Adults can be housed in 32 ounce cups or up to 2.5 gal. tanks with 1" deep "Cocosoft" substrate or peat moss, shallow and wide water dish. Cork bark or resin plastic shelter.
FEEDING REQUIREMENTS: Babies/juvs twice a week wingless fruit flies, pin-head crickets or termites (2 to 4). Sub-adults/adults once a week small to medium crickets (1 to 2), baby roaches (1-2).
WATER REQUIREMENTS: Mist tank 1-2 times a week with fine water mist to keep humidity around 60% to 70%. No water dish is required.
DISPOSITION: Skittish. If badly disturbed, it can go into threat display and bite.
VENOM EFFECTS: Assumed to be medically insignificant though like most jumping spiders.
GROWTH RATE: Fast. Males mature in 3 to 4 months (?). Females in 5 to 6 months (?).
LONGEVITY: An annual species, but in captivity, possibly 1.5 yrs.
BREEDING REMARKS: Awesome courtship ritual! Breeding is straighforward. Females will quickly kill a weak/old male prior to a mating attempt or right after copulation.
NUMBER OF EGGS: 50 to 200 (?)