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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynes » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Dendryphantinae » Phidippus » johnsoni group (Phidippus johnsoni group) » Johnson Jumper (Phidippus johnsoni)

Species Phidippus johnsoni - Johnson Jumper

Classification · Size · Identification · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References
Spider in the house I've never seen before - Phidippus johnsoni Adult female - Phidippus johnsoni Jumping Spider - Phidippus johnsoni Mating One Male & Two Female - Phidippus johnsoni - male - female Phiddipus sp? - Phidippus johnsoni Rock Spider - Phidippus johnsoni Rock Spider - Phidippus johnsoni Jumping Spider ID Request - Phidippus johnsoni
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynes)
Family Salticidae (Jumping Spiders)
Subfamily Dendryphantinae
Genus Phidippus
No Taxon (johnsoni group)
Species johnsoni (Johnson Jumper)
Size
9 - 14mm
Identification
Mostly black with a red abdomen. The male's abdomen is entirely red, whereas the female's abdomen has a black mark down the center.
Food
Food
Life Cycle
Life History
Remarks
Not harmful to humans, although like all spiders it will inflict a painful bite if provoked, and this species is reported to be more aggressive than other jumpers.
Print References
Print References
Internet References
kaweahoaks.com - Phidippus johnsoni
Venomous-Spiders website
Jumping Spiders (from Common Spiders of Los Angeles)
Mating Tactics
johnsoni
Sexual Discrimination
Internet References
Contributed by Devin Carroll on 18 April, 2005 - 8:23pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Jeff Hollenbeck, kschnei
Last updated 31 August, 2008 - 11:11am

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