Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Phiale jumping spider vs. fly

Phiale mimicus or Phiale bulbosa.

Description:

Small red, yellow & black jumping spider with its prey.

Habitat:

Rainforest

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

5 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 8 years ago

Phiale bulbosa seems to only found in Central America, syntype from Panama.

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Gracias harsuame!

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 11 years ago

Espectacular wow::

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Thanks Chun!

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 11 years ago

Hi KarenL, this is a Phiale jumping spider.
Closest species I could find is the P. mimica and P. bulbosa.

KarenL
Spotted by
KarenL

Alejandro Labaka, Orellana, Ecuador

Spotted on Dec 6, 2012
Submitted on Dec 10, 2012

Related Spottings

Jumping spider Phiale roburifoliata Phiale Sp Mimic Jumping Spider (female)

Nearby Spottings

Amazon tree boa Spotting Spotting Yellow-spotted amazon river turtle
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team