Jumping spider-Phidippus clarus - Phidippus clarus

Moved

… Jay Barnes, 16 October, 2008 - 12:42am

Agreed,

nice sharp images. Be mindful of your white balance though. Looks like you were using a tungsten light source, which most cameras have difficulty handling automatically, so you might try to setting the white balance manually before shooting. I can probably fix this series if you like.

This is a Phidippus clarus. Appears to be an immature male.

… Jay Barnes, 26 August, 2008 - 11:44am

possibly mature male

I posted the female i caught 2 days late near my door, raised and had eggs and now there are about 40 babies.
thanks.

… daike tian, 15 October, 2008 - 10:39pm

Okay

From the looks of what you just posted, this is probably a female then also. It is definitely not an adult male.

Usually the males have this coloring, and the females... okay, here's a typical male/female:

I'll move these to the right place. Do me a favor and edit these all to 'female'.

… Jay Barnes, 16 October, 2008 - 12:41am

no problem for correction

I just found the only difference between two I posted is that the band at front edge of abodomen, red on this one but white on the newly posted
thanks.
daike

… daike tian, 16 October, 2008 - 11:52am

Thanks

They are not good pictures as I expected, I took on white wall at home with assistance of two artificial lights...
contrast is bad. But I caught another at home yesterday for outdoor picture. Unfortunately, these days are raining. I supposed it came along with one of several lotus flowers which I use for feeding caterpillar. Not sure if it entered my home from outside.
daike

… daike tian, 26 August, 2008 - 2:42pm

Nice photos!

Thanks for contributing these nice spider images! I suspect that one of our spider experts will be able to suggest a species - just wanted to comment on these cool photos.

… Ken Schneider, 23 August, 2008 - 12:14pm

thanks

for your comments

… daike tian, 23 August, 2008 - 1:25pm