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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Phidippus » mystaceus group (Phidippus mystaceus group) » Phidippus mystaceus
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Sweet Jumper - Phidippus mystaceus - female
Copyright © 2015 Jennifer Thompson

Sweet Jumper - Phidippus mystaceus - Female
Wimberley, Hays County, Texas, USA
January 2, 2015
Size: 15 mm
Looks like Phidippus mystaceus? Cute, big female. Around 15 mm or so. Was hibernating when my son found her tent and pried it apart before I figured out what he was doing.

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Contributed by Jennifer Thompson on 2 January, 2015 - 5:08pm
Last updated 5 January, 2015 - 11:23am

Big female
Is this 15 to 17mm body length? When we measure body length of a jumper, we should not include pedipalps or spinnerets. I've been rearing some P. mystaceus from Oklahoma, and the females are 10 to 12mm in body length. From what I've seen in other Phidippus species such as P. audax, otiosus, putnami and cardinalis, individuals in southern states often grow to larger size than in the Northern latitude states.
… Don Cadle, 22 May, 2015 - 8:49am login or register to post comments

 
Interesting, Don. I did not k
Interesting, Don. I did not know that about spider size, but it makes sense. I wish I had kept this one, I could measure her more accurately. I don't remember how I measured her before. After she had her brood and they molted to 2i, I let them all go.
… Jennifer Thompson, 4 August, 2015 - 12:05am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Jumping Spiders.
… Chad Heins, 5 January, 2015 - 11:23am login or register to post comments

Looks like
Phidippus mystaceus.

… Chad Heins, 5 January, 2015 - 10:28am login or register to post comments

 
That's what I'm thinking too,
That's what I'm thinking too, thanks Chad.
… Jennifer Thompson, 5 January, 2015 - 11:03am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Lynette Elliott, 5 January, 2015 - 7:21am login or register to post comments

Gotta love it!
Amazing feat to post an arthropod in this lousy weather!
… Diane Young, 2 January, 2015 - 7:48pm login or register to post comments

 
I find it a great idea to bri
I find it a great idea to bring my camera with me wherever I go, even in weather like this (does that make me odd or obsessed? both? haha)! We were taking the trash out and decided to walk around on the property for a few minutes since we've pretty much been stuck in house for days! And what do you know! We find this little beauty.
… Jennifer Thompson, 2 January, 2015 - 8:46pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from Spiders.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 2 January, 2015 - 5:21pm login or register to post comments

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