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Phidippus audax
A small jumping spider. Has a brown, ticked body and legs with a few iridescent-blue patches. Body is darker than the legs.
Spotted on Sep 28, 2011
Submitted on Dec 27, 2011
13 Comments
Yes Apple is magnificent!
Grate shots Alexander
@Gerardo---that's exactly what I was thinking when I stumbled across it!
Wow!
Wow!
It is well out of P.regius range. There are still more Phidippus that have green chelicerae but given the location I have to agree with the concensus that this is likley P.audax .. cosmopolitan little buggers.
Thanks for the ID! : )
I love these little guys.
I think this is probably Phidippus audax, although it could also be the very similar looking Phidippus regius. I'd need to see a view of the back to tell for sure, though. If your jumper had black spots on it's abdomen, it was P. audax. If it didn't have the black spots, it was P. regius. You can see a photo of the spots on P. audax here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/508255
beautiful!!
Looks like mine is a bit lighter brown than the suggested animal. I uploaded a side view, to possibly make things easier. Looks like the suggestion isn't found here. Darn.
Probably making sure you didn't nick his tasty snack! :)
Thanks for the suggestion!
Nope. It kept the prey tucked under its body the whole time.
I was going to suggest the same as KarenL, looks like this one.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/714...
Great capture by the way - were you able to id it's prey?
I would guess at Phidippus audax based on the green chelicerae.