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Phidippus purpuratus
This spider was hanging out in our folded up umbrella. At the time, this was the largest jumper I'd ever seen. At about 10 mm in length, it was quite large, and it was really active as well.
At the side of an old building in the woods.
Spotted on Jul 3, 2010
Submitted on Oct 7, 2013
4 Comments
Nice picture.
Great spotting , they are tricky little ones to get on camera. :)
Thanks LuckyLogan. It wasn't easy, I had to keep it captured under an upside-down jar for quite some time. I will try to remember to add a dorsal shot tomorrow.
Great picture!