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black hairy spider w/ red/orange triangle on back top side - Phidippus audax
Copyright © 2007 psellis

black hairy spider w/ red/orange triangle on back top side - Phidippus audax
Lathrop, Clinton County, Missouri, USA
October 7, 2007
Size: .5 inch
plays hide and seek! I kept moving around the box to get a picture and it would scurry to opposite side to hide. name? poisonous?
Contributed by psellis on 10 November, 2007 - 10:54pm
Last updated 4 December, 2013 - 2:49pm

Moved
Moved from atypical variations.
… Don Cadle, 4 December, 2013 - 2:49pm

Moved
Moved from Frass.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 17 November, 2007 - 12:14am

Frassed
Moved from ID Request.
… Jay Barnes, 12 November, 2007 - 1:29pm

Check out the jumping spiders
such as Phidippus audax, while you wait for an ID. Certainly venemous if you are a small bug, but nothing for you to worry about.
… john and jane balaban, 10 November, 2007 - 11:00pm

 
jumping
yes, as a matter of fact, it was "jumpy". thanks for the info, I'll google Phidippus audax images now!
… psellis, 10 November, 2007 - 11:07pm

 
Pages and pages
Here are a couple pages
http://bugguide.net/node/view/2006/bgimage
… John R. Maxwell, 10 November, 2007 - 11:16pm

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