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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Phidippus » audax group (Phidippus audax group) » Bold Jumper (Phidippus audax)
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Phidippus audax? Female? - Phidippus audax - female
Copyright © 2009 Peter Hollinger

Phidippus audax? Female? - Phidippus audax - Female
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
October 26, 2009
Size: ~1cm
Is this big jumper a Phidippus audax female?
Found in the same room as these babies:


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Contributed by Peter Hollinger on 29 October, 2009 - 6:22pm
Last updated 22 November, 2009 - 8:12am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 22 November, 2009 - 8:12am login or register to post comments

Definitely Phidippus audax.
Definitely Phidippus audax. I'd say it's probably a female. Male and female are identical when immature.
… Jay Barnes, 30 October, 2009 - 1:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Immature?
So this one is not an adult? How do you tell?
… Peter Hollinger, 30 October, 2009 - 1:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Sorry, that was a little confusing
I know this is not an adult or subadult male.

Based on its appearance (darkened palps, well-defined markings) and my experience with this species, I suspect it is old enough to not be considered an immature specimen.

That leads me to suspect, very highly, that this is an adult or subadult female.

My comments here and here might be helpful.
… Jay Barnes, 31 October, 2009 - 2:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for all your help, Jay --
I assumed she was an adult because she's as big a jumper as we see.
… Peter Hollinger, 31 October, 2009 - 8:54pm login or register to post comments

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