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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Phidippus » purpuratus group (Phidippus purpuratus group) » Phidippus apacheanus
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Phidippus 2 on monarda seed head - Phidippus apacheanus
Copyright © 2015 Lynn Monroe

Phidippus 2 on monarda seed head - Phidippus apacheanus
6 miles NW Lyons, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
August 18, 2007
Size: BL ~ 6.75 mm
Another Phidippus, but much smaller, found on a Monarda seed head. Elevation 6400'. The abdomen of this spider looks very similar to the P. apacheanus female # 1052252. However, the head has bands of golden tan along with the orange/red. Is this another smaller instar? Or a different species. Any help is much appreciated.

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Contributed by Lynn Monroe on 5 April, 2015 - 1:05pm
Last updated 12 July, 2022 - 11:08pm

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Moved from Review Group N (Western juveniles).
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Moved
Moved from Phidippus apacheanus.
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Phidippus
Based on your previous images, I'm fairly confident that this is P. apacheanus. These P. apacheanus are lighter in color than the ones I've raised in captivity from Missouri, which are just red and black with white abdominal spots. I'm currently raising some from Central Florida red and orange adult females, but the spiderlings are currently all red and black with white markings up to 5th instar.

Was this one found in a similar habitat as the others?
… Don Cadle, 8 April, 2015 - 1:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Phidippus apacheanus
Thanks so much for your comments and conclusions.
I wondered if they might be the same species since all of them look so similar.
Actually, this Phidippus was found on a monarda seed head on 18 Aug 2007. The male Phidippus apacheanus # 1052828 was found on a monarda seed head 12 Aug 2003.
Yes, all these apiders are in the smae general area, a meadow with lots of monarda. Do you think this Phidippus is a variation of the female or a different immature phase? It's somewhat smaller.
… Lynn Monroe, 8 April, 2015 - 2:43pm login or register to post comments

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