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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Phidippus » insignarius group (Phidippus insignarius group) » Phidippus carneus
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Jumping Spider (Salticidae) - Phidippus carneus
Copyright © 2009 Bob Wilkin

Jumping Spider (Salticidae) - Phidippus carneus
Henderson, NV, USA, Clark County, Nevada, USA
August 16, 2008
I know that this is a jumping spider. He was sneaking up on a cicada killing wasp and the cicada that it was stinging. The wasp got away with the cicada before this jumping spider got there. The horns on his head I thought would make him easy to identify but I have only found one other jumping spider in the guide with horns and he looks totally different.
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Contributed by Bob Wilkin on 15 July, 2009 - 8:48pm
Last updated 8 July, 2018 - 6:29pm

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Moved from Phidippus.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 8 July, 2018 - 6:29pm login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 11 August, 2009 - 9:25pm login or register to post comments

Phidippus sp.
Sorry I don't know which species, but probably an adult female with a lot of scales missing from her abdomen.

Those "horns" are present in the female and immature specimens of most Phidippus species, but they often don't show up well in photos. Males lose them when they reach maturity.


There are a couple species that have four across the top, like this:
… Jay Barnes, 16 July, 2009 - 10:10pm login or register to post comments

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