Bold Jumper

Phidippus audax

Description:

dark brown abdomen, legs striped black and brown, some white markings on abdomen, about half an inch

Habitat:

rose garden

Notes:

I spotted this small jumping spider on the rose bushes at work.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Ronald and Amissa 12 years ago

Bold Jumper

Phidippus audax Jumping Spider - audax? - Phidippus audax - BugGuide.Net

8 Comments

Dan Doucette 12 years ago

Thanks emj!

emj.patterson 12 years ago

Great job on these pictures Dan! They're fantastic.

Dan Doucette 12 years ago

Turns out I've spotted this before at my house. Gina provided some good information.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/689...

Dan Doucette 12 years ago

Thanks Ronald and Amissa for the ID, I think you're right.
Ann it does have iridescent green mouth parts.
Thanks Laura, I think I know which spider you are talking about.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/690...

Ronald and Amissa 12 years ago

The only difference I see is the normally-black head is light brown.

Ronald and Amissa 12 years ago

Yours seems to be a little bit different but the spots on the abdomen seem nearly identical. The legs are very similar as well.

LauraMaria 12 years ago

Eeee so cute! I love jumping spiders! We don't seem to have any the UK, but when I lived in Ontario I remember seeing a lot, especially ones that were whiteish yellow and black striped (I dubbed them zebra spiders haha). I wish I could get some cute pictures like these! I love how it looks like they have big eyelashes on their huge eyes.