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Review Group N (Western juveniles)

spider (Salticidae) - Phidippus Little Jumper - Phidippus Jumper - Phidippus Immature Phidippus? - Phidippus Phippidus on Calystegia macrostegia - Phidippus Jumping Spider - Phidippus jumping spider - Phidippus Jumping Spider - Phidippus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Salticidae (Jumping Spiders)
Genus Phidippus
No Taxon Review Group N (Western juveniles)
Remarks
Numerous images of western juvenile Phidippus spp., many of which may never be IDed to species level.

Many Western species are extremely similar in appearance as juveniles, and some go through significant color and pattern changes at each instar, mainly the latter instars.

Others may show traits that make tentative or definitive ID possible, however.