The two-striped jumper, or Telamonia dimidiata, is a jumping spider found in various Asian tropical rain forests, in foliage in wooded environments.

[3] The male is very dark, with white markings, and red hairs around the eyes.

Similar email hoaxes (with details of the original changed) occurred in other parts of the world, alleging the same falsity in the recipients' countries.

Posts commonly report of it being found world-round, suggesting everyone must take precautions.

[6][7][8] The false rumor has since spread to websites such as Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr in 2012.