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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Phidippus » putnami group (Phidippus putnami group) » Phidippus putnami
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Jumping spider - Phidippus putnami
Copyright © 2007 Stephen Schueman

Jumping spider - Phidippus putnami
Downs Mem Park, Pasadena, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
June 22, 2007
Size: ~7mm
On a pine branch, stalking a sheetweb spider of some sort. The dark areas fore and aft of the large middle white patch on the abdomen shone a green iridescence at some angles. Phid sp?

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Contributed by Stephen Schueman on 9 July, 2007 - 11:30pm
Last updated 17 July, 2007 - 7:47pm

Yes, Phidippus
Looks like an immature putnami.
… Jay Barnes, 10 July, 2007 - 12:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, once again. I does lo
Thanks, once again. I does look like the drawings at Salticide.org.
… Stephen Schueman, 17 July, 2007 - 7:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Just a guess...
but if it was found in the wild in Maryland I'd bet money on it.

The mid-ocular tufts place this one squarely in the putnami group, and natural range would likely exclude everything but putnami.

Richmani adults are nearly identical to putnami, but are normally only found in Florida.
… Jay Barnes, 17 July, 2007 - 11:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, it was found in the wild
Yes, it was found in the wild. Downs Parks is a 200+ acre rec/nature park, mostly natural, along the Chesapeake Bay. Thanks for the additional info Jay.
… Stephen Schueman, 18 July, 2007 - 12:30am login or register to post comments

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