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Species Phidippus clarus

Jumping Spider - Phidippus clarus - male

Jumping Spider - Phidippus clarus - female

Jumping spider on daisy - Phidippus clarus

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 (cardinalis group)

Species clarus (Phidippus clarus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Explanation of Names

Keyserling, 1885

Latin: "clear, bright"

Identification

Male/Female

Palp

Epigynum (ventral/dorsal)

Range

Common across southern Canada and most of US except the desert SW (1)

Habitat

Old fields, prairies, ag crops, and other low herbaceous vegetation (1)

Season

Males: summer; Females: summer and autumn (1)

Remarks

The female constructs a conspicuous white retreat and egg case near the tops of plants (1)

Internet References

Video of Phidippus clarus by D. Walton

Works Cited

1.	Common Spiders of North America Richard A. Bradley . 2012. University of California Press .

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 1:20pm
Additional contributions by cheins, Chuck Entz, Dick Walton, Marci Hess
Last updated 30 December, 2022 - 2:21pm

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