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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Phidippus » audax group (Phidippus audax group) » Bold Jumper (Phidippus audax)
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Phidippus audax with prey - Phidippus audax
Copyright © 2006 AnnaNmty

Phidippus audax with prey - Phidippus audax
Sacramento County, California, USA
May 5, 2006
The Phidippus audax that are plentiful around my home is recognizable, but is there enough detail in the photos to tell me what spider he is preying on?

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Contributed by AnnaNmty on 5 May, 2006 - 7:42pm
Last updated 27 May, 2006 - 10:49am

Hmm.
I suspect your assumption was correct. I came across the small brown spider again today and I suspect it is a Sittus sp. male. But check out this photo of a mating pair of Phidippus regius for comparison.
… microecos, 7 September, 2006 - 8:11pm login or register to post comments

I'm curious if you actually s
I'm curious if you actually saw the larger audax eat the smaller jumper. It looks a lot like mating behavior. The smaller spider certainly does not look like a typical audax, but they are notoriously variable and Phidippus hybrids are known. I'm pretty sure I've seen the smaller one around Davis but never knew the species.
… microecos, 6 September, 2006 - 2:06am login or register to post comments

 
Mating or munchies
I have to admit having made an assumption, as it seemed the audax was dragging away the smaller spider as I invaded its space with my camera.
… AnnaNmty, 6 September, 2006 - 2:14am login or register to post comments

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