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Phidippus whitmani
While the male is strikingly red on top, with a black band in the frontal eye region and sometimes with white setae on the forelegs, the female is of a rather inconspicuous brown color. It has a distinct white band around the anterior margins of its abdomen which distinguishes it from the Apache jumper. It hunts by eyesight and speed. These spiders do not make webs. In most Phidippus species, the male guards the egg sac. (Spiders of the Carolinas by L.L. Gaddy)
They are found in Canada and the United States. Seen at Mason Farm Biological Preserve.
Spotted on May 4, 2012
Submitted on May 10, 2012
11 Comments
Thanks, Ashish, Jolly and jgorneau. Jgorneau, my first spotting of them also had photos not as good as this series; hope you find it again so you can take new shots of it!
Amazing! You shots are much more amazing than mine!
Gorgeous jumper!
Fantastic..!!
Thank you, keyman, Gerardo, and asergio!
I mean, SOTD! :-)
Wonderful photos of a wonderful spider. Congratulations Maria. STOD for me!
Wow fantastic great series Maria!
what a wonderful series of shots.... very pretty spider
Thank you, Alice. It is an attractive (to me, anyway) spider and not many people seem to have seen it.
Really cool series!