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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Phidippus » putnami group (Phidippus putnami group) » Phidippus comatus
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Salticidae - Phidippus comatus
Copyright © 2015 Salvador Vitanza

Salticidae - Phidippus comatus
El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
July 25, 2015
Mid size spider on a red yucca plant

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Contributed by Salvador Vitanza on 25 July, 2015 - 10:08pm
Last updated 18 April, 2022 - 4:27pm

Moved
Moved from Phidippus arizonensis.
… Don Cadle, 18 April, 2022 - 4:27pm login or register to post comments

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… Don Cadle, 27 July, 2015 - 4:39pm login or register to post comments

This is
one of the Phidippus jumpers. Note the black thick hairs up near the eyes. This might be a female P. arizonensis.

… Chad Heins, 26 July, 2015 - 9:55am login or register to post comments

 
Phidippus
This is either a P. arizonensis female or P. comatus female. P. arizonensis females seem to be quite variable in color and pattern. Also, I don't see the mid-ocular tufts on this one, which is typical of the putnami group members. This is most likely P. arizonensis. While I have a lot of experience with P. mystaceus, I do not have any experience with the other members of the mystaceus group.
… Don Cadle, 26 July, 2015 - 10:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Update
I was given the opportunity to care for three adult female P. arizonensis and rear well over 100 of these spiderlings. The females were wild-caught adults last fall and began to produce egg sacs within a few weeks of mating. The most mature offspring are currently sub-adults. Many of them should be maturing in September.
P. arizonensis is mainly a central Texas species while P. comatus is found from western Texas to the Pacific coast. It's my opinion that the jumper in these images is a P. comatus.
… Don Cadle, 6 August, 2016 - 7:33pm login or register to post comments

 
This is a good example of
how challenging it is to arrive to a correct identification with some spider species. I appreciate your expert help Chad.
… Salvador Vitanza, 26 July, 2015 - 12:59pm login or register to post comments

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 25 July, 2015 - 10:10pm login or register to post comments

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