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Species Phidippus princeps

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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 (audax group)
Species princeps (Phidippus princeps)
Explanation of Names
Latin: "first, chief, most important". English "prince" came from this word.
Size
6 - 12mm
Food
Food
Print References
Print References
Internet References
princeps
Mating Behavior
Internet References
Targeted Jumps
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 13 April, 2004 - 5:49pm
Additional contributions by Jay Barnes, Jeff Hollenbeck, Chuck Entz
Last updated 25 August, 2007 - 1:26pm

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