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Jumping spider (female) feasting on a sweat bee

Phidippus spp. / Lasioglossum (Dialictus) spp.

Description:

Phidippus is a genus in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Some of the largest jumping spiders inhabit this genus, and many species are characterized by their brilliant, iridescent green chelicerae. Phidippus is distributed almost exclusively in North America, with the exception of two exported species (Phidippus audax and Phidippus regius). As of 2004, there are 60 valid described species in the genus. Species previously described in Phidippus which are found in India and Bangladesh do not belong in this genus. (information from Wikipedia)

Habitat:

Found along a popular walking/hiking/biking trail in town.

Notes:

Thanks to Juan and Eric E. for narrowing down the ID of the prey item. :-)

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6 Comments

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 11 years ago

Grandiosa secuencia::

C.Sydes
C.Sydes 11 years ago

Great series and good spot; how big was this fellow?

Super spotting Aaron,rigth place in the rigth moment,congrats and thanks for sharing

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Love it!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Great series

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 11 years ago

Wao!, very impressive picture!
(poor little sweat bee)

Aaron_G
Spotted by
Aaron_G

Bartlesville, Oklahoma, USA

Spotted on Nov 1, 2012
Submitted on Nov 2, 2012

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