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Phidippus otiosus, Front/Top view - Phidippus otiosus - female
Copyright © 2007 Elissa Malcohn

Phidippus otiosus, Front/Top view - Phidippus otiosus - Female
Beverly Hills, Citrus County, Florida, USA
January 16, 2007
Size: Approx. 20mm long
I found this one on the inside top of our neighbor's front door frame around 7 PM and escorted it outside for a photo shoot on wide-ruled notebook paper.

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Phidippus otiosus, Front/Top view - Phidippus otiosus - female Phidippus otiosus, Side/Top view - Phidippus otiosus - female
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Contributed by Elissa Malcohn on 16 January, 2007 - 10:42pm
Last updated 17 January, 2007 - 7:38pm

Phid
Looks like a big mama Phidippus. Maybe just the dominant regius down there. But you are in Jeff's homeland in FL. He probably knows its scientific name, its place of birth, and what he used to call it when it was just a molt 2 baby.
… Herschel Raney, 17 January, 2007 - 6:51am login or register to post comments

 
Phidippus
Thanks, Herschel! I wonder if this might be an otiosus -- the markings seem to me to look more like that than like regius. (I'm using Lynette Schimming's and Patrick Coin's shots for comparison, contrasting with Christopher Conley's shot for regius.) Though regius is inside the otiosis group. Lovely lady, whatever she is.
… Elissa Malcohn, 17 January, 2007 - 12:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Otiosus
99.9% sure this is Phidippus otiosus. Only confusion would be with P. mystaceus but yours doesn't have the carapace markings of mystaceus.
… Jay Barnes, 17 January, 2007 - 1:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Phidippus otiosus
Thanks, Jay! Jeff's confirmed otiosus on the Side/Top view.
… Elissa Malcohn, 17 January, 2007 - 6:17pm login or register to post comments

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