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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Phidippus » insignarius group (Phidippus insignarius group) » Phidippus adumbratus
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Which species of Jumping Spider is this? What is the gender? - Phidippus adumbratus - male
Copyright © 2011 Cynthia Bingham Keiser

Which species of Jumping Spider is this? What is the gender? - Phidippus adumbratus - Male
Escondido, San Diego County, California, USA
October 13, 2011
This spider has some blue on the chelicerae. There's no pattern on the abdomen.

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Which species of Jumping Spider is this? What is the gender? - Phidippus adumbratus - male Which species of Jumping Spider is this? What is the gender? - Phidippus adumbratus - male Which species of Jumping Spider is this? What is the gender? - Phidippus adumbratus - male
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Contributed by Cynthia Bingham Keiser on 13 October, 2011 - 8:46pm
Last updated 31 January, 2014 - 10:09am

Moved
Moved from Jumping Spiders.
… Ben Coulter, 27 October, 2011 - 8:41am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 14 October, 2011 - 8:23am login or register to post comments

 
ID determined
According to G.B. Edwards, this is a male Phidippus adumbratus.
… Cynthia Bingham Keiser, 26 October, 2011 - 10:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Phidippus adumbratus
Found one of these climbing down my living room wall. Wish I took a photo before releasing outside. He was spectacular.
Have lived in West Los Angeles, Santa Monica all my life. NEVER seen one before.
I found this reference: "Charles Hogue in his book Insects of the Los Angeles Basin has identified this species as Phidippus formosus"
Can this be confirmed?
… Gwen Henry, 22 September, 2013 - 12:52am login or register to post comments

 
Gwen,
I don't know which spider you saw in your house. Best find it again and submit a photo to Bugguide.
The spider seen on this page is P. adumbratus. This is quite different from the one shown in Charles Hogue's book, which is now called Phidippus johnsoni; P. formosus is one of several synonyms.
… Hartmut Wisch, 22 September, 2013 - 11:41am login or register to post comments

Phidippus species -
Strangely, I've had these around my house and garden, though have also seen them closer to the mountains, i.e Eaton Canyon. This might be P. adumbratus. However, I cannot be certain beyond genus. Best to wait for someone who knows this group. Check with Lenny Vincent at Cal State Fullerton.
… Hartmut Wisch, 13 October, 2011 - 9:51pm login or register to post comments

 
address
Hi Hartmut,
The address is Fullerton College, not CSU Fullerton. Common mistake. I agree with P. adumbratus, however, to be sure, I passed on her e-mail to a Phidippus expert.
… Lenny Vincent, 17 October, 2011 - 3:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Phidippus adumbratus
Found one of these climbing down my living room wall. Wish I took a photo before releasing outside. He was spectacular.
Have lived in West Los Angeles, Santa Monica all my life. NEVER seen one before.
I found this reference: "Charles Hogue in his book Insects of the Los Angeles Basin has identified this species as Phidippus formosus"
Can this be confirmed?
… Gwen Henry, 22 September, 2013 - 12:53am login or register to post comments

 
Synonymy
The name 'Phidippus formosus' is a synonym for Phidippus johnsoni.
… Ben Coulter, 22 September, 2013 - 8:27am login or register to post comments

 
ID
Yep, according to the expert, it is P. adumbratus
… Lenny Vincent, 26 October, 2011 - 11:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for your help, Lenny!
Thanks for your help, Lenny!
… Hartmut Wisch, 17 October, 2011 - 4:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Hi Hartmut, I suspect the same species but will wait for an expert :) How would I contact Lenny?
… Cynthia Bingham Keiser, 13 October, 2011 - 10:47pm login or register to post comments

 
See information here -
CSU Fullerton.
… Hartmut Wisch, 14 October, 2011 - 12:06am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
Thank you!
… Cynthia Bingham Keiser, 14 October, 2011 - 12:19am login or register to post comments

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