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Large jumping spider - Phidippus audax
Copyright © 2007 crispin

Large jumping spider - Phidippus audax
Lake Corpus Christi, San Patricio County, Texas, USA
April 13, 2007

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Contributed by crispin on 4 May, 2007 - 9:52pm
Last updated 5 May, 2007 - 8:18am

Very
nice. A large female audax.
Specimens from TX and certain areas of FL and GA are often the largest audax to be found.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 5 May, 2007 - 8:17am login or register to post comments

 
how big is it?
I just found a large one, I am sure not as large as I live in NH, but lovely just the same. Trying to figure out how to get a good closeup photo :-/
… Bonnie J. Caruthers, 13 May, 2007 - 12:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Measuring
I really need to start carrying with me a method of measuring the critters I photograph.
… crispin, 13 May, 2007 - 3:05pm login or register to post comments

 
doesn't have to be exact...
;-) just looking for approximate as I do not know how large the jumpers can get. Someone on a recent forum referred to them as small tarantulas - I am assuming this was an exaggeration unless they were referring to s'lings. The one I just found is about 1/2" (body) and is about the largest I have seen here
http://bugguide.net/node/view/109528/bgimage
… Bonnie J. Caruthers, 13 May, 2007 - 4:23pm login or register to post comments

 
18
to 20mm body length (does not include legspan) is large for an audax.
Here is a good example.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 14 May, 2007 - 8:32am login or register to post comments

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