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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Phidippus » Review Group J (johnsoni like) (Phidippus Review Group J (johnsoni like))
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black jumper? - Phidippus
Copyright © 2009 Deb Bear

black jumper? - Phidippus
Guemes Island, Skagit County, Washington, USA
May 11, 2009
Size: 3/4" to 1"
This spider was found crawling inside on our kitchen counter. Is it a black jumping spider of some sort?
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Contributed by Deb Bear on 11 May, 2009 - 3:02pm
Last updated 8 July, 2018 - 2:32pm

Moved
Moved from Phidippus.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 8 July, 2018 - 2:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks like you're on a great trail, Jeff!
I recall Jay Barnes' post of the last 4 stages of a male P. principes . Made me understand that species determination in this group is far more complicated than I used to think. Not that its easy with other arthropods when looking at photos.
Good to see you're working on this!
… Hartmut Wisch, 8 July, 2018 - 4:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank
you, Hartmut.
The variation in a Phidippus species can be extreme, and the similarities between some species certainly doesn’t help, either!

While most images probably won’t be IDed to species, at least we now have some sort of structure for viewing and browsing as opposed to a 40 page mess of images on the genus page.
I tried to group the most unique and the most similar Phids together, with a brief explanation on the info page, and found some amazing specimens in the process.

From these groups hopefully some images will be IDed to species or species group, both tentatively and definitively.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 9 July, 2018 - 2:53pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Jumping Spiders.
… Ben Coulter, 24 January, 2011 - 10:56am login or register to post comments

Check out
Phidippus spp.
… Hartmut Wisch, 11 May, 2009 - 5:46pm login or register to post comments

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