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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Phidippus » octopunctatus group (Phidippus octopunctatus group) » Phidippus octopunctatus
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Salticidae jumping spider with honey bee - Phidippus octopunctatus
Copyright © 2011 Lynn Monroe

Salticidae jumping spider with honey bee - Phidippus octopunctatus
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, San Diego County, California, USA
October 11, 1998
Size: BL ~ 14 mm
This is a large jumping spider at about 14 mm. It was seen in Sentenac Canyon with a large prey. We checked honey bees and workers range from 10-15 mm. Is it possibly a Phidippus?

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Salticidae jumping spider with honey bee - Phidippus octopunctatus Salticidae jumping spider with honey bee - Phidippus octopunctatus
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Contributed by Lynn Monroe on 18 June, 2011 - 9:51am
Last updated 21 December, 2013 - 3:15pm

Moved
Moved from octopunctatus group.
… Don Cadle, 21 December, 2013 - 3:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Phidippus.
… Don Cadle, 21 December, 2013 - 3:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Jumping Spiders.
… Don Cadle, 21 December, 2013 - 1:52pm login or register to post comments

Phidippus
A large western species that is gray in color and has no visible pattern makes me think P. octopunctatus.
… Don Cadle, 3 December, 2013 - 6:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Phidippus species
Thanks for your suggestion. I will try to check it out.
… Lynn Monroe, 12 December, 2013 - 1:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 18 June, 2011 - 11:18am login or register to post comments

another white jumper
Nice find.
… Lynette Elliott, 18 June, 2011 - 11:17am login or register to post comments

 
Salticid diversity
Thanks! Today I checked Jim Berrigan's list of spiders of San Diego County. He lists about 19-20 species. I had no idea that jumping spiders were so diverse.

Whoops! I meant 19-20 GENERA! And 51 species.
… Lynn Monroe, 18 June, 2011 - 5:28pm login or register to post comments

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