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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Phidippus » cardinalis group (Phidippus cardinalis group) » Phidippus clarus
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Salticid - Phidippus clarus - male
Copyright © 2008 Scott Justis

Salticid - Phidippus clarus - Male
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
September 3, 2008
Size: ~11mm
Found in tall grasses. Very hard to get a shot other than frontal. Spider seemed very interested in the big eye looking at it. I could not get a dorsal shot of it before it jumped down into the grass.

These images can be frassed as they are not the best quality. I have never seen a jumper like this and I'm interested in an ID.

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Contributed by Scott Justis on 5 September, 2008 - 8:48am
Last updated 5 September, 2008 - 11:21pm

Moved
Moved from Jumping Spiders.
… Scott Justis, 5 September, 2008 - 11:20pm login or register to post comments

I am
Going with male Phidippus clarus. And see what happens.
… Herschel Raney, 5 September, 2008 - 1:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes...
it's an adult male P. clarus.
… Don Cadle, 5 September, 2008 - 11:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Herschel, Don.
… Scott Justis, 5 September, 2008 - 11:21pm login or register to post comments

LOL!
Your "not the best quality" images are my dream shots!! :) I'm pretty sure this is a jumping spider in the genus Phidippus - among other things, those metallic green chelicerae are distinctive... Jay or another expert will be able to tell the species, I suspect...
… Ken Schneider, 5 September, 2008 - 11:25am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Ken!
I just wish I had more angles to shoot before it jumped into the green abyss. I looked and looked, but it wasn't going to show itself.

I was shooting another large jumper on a windy day some time ago. I remember it releasing a strand of silk into the breeze and para-sailing away :^)
… Scott Justis, 5 September, 2008 - 12:35pm login or register to post comments

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