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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Phidippus » purpuratus group (Phidippus purpuratus group) » Phidippus borealis
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Masked Spider - Phidippus borealis
Copyright © 2016 Eye of the Taiga

Masked Spider - Phidippus borealis
Fort Smith, South Slave, Northwest Territories, Canada
June 11, 2016
Size: 1.5 cm
Have seen this fairly big spider a number of times this dummer
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Contributed by Eye of the Taiga on 11 June, 2016 - 8:11pm
Last updated 24 December, 2016 - 2:08pm

Moved
Moved from Jumping Spiders.
… Chad Heins, 30 June, 2016 - 9:55am login or register to post comments

Phidippus
Yes, this is an adult male P. borealis. However, the size of these spiders is measured in body length. These are normally around 10mm in body length, but if you didn't actually measure it, then you shouldn't list the size.
… Don Cadle, 26 June, 2016 - 9:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Don. I am new here s
Thanks, Don.
I am new here so in future I will measure or not list the size.
Greg Turnbull
… Eye of the Taiga, 1 July, 2016 - 10:16am login or register to post comments

Moved for the experts
Moved from ID Request. Phidippus for sure.
… Chad Heins, 12 June, 2016 - 1:23pm login or register to post comments

Possibly Phidippus borealis?
Looks like a male, if it is one.
… Oliver Olson, 11 June, 2016 - 9:52pm login or register to post comments

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