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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Phidippus » otiosus group (Phidippus otiosus group) » Phidippus californicus
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Small jumper on coyote gourd - Phidippus californicus
Copyright © 2010 Ron Hemberger

Small jumper on coyote gourd - Phidippus californicus
Nix Nature Center, Laguna Beach, Orange County, California, USA
June 22, 2010

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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 19 June, 2010 - 12:21am
Last updated 6 January, 2016 - 6:58pm

Moved
Moved from Phidippus.
… Ron Hemberger, 6 January, 2016 - 6:58pm login or register to post comments

Californicus is correct
note the 'cross' on the abdomen. Some individuals retain this pattern into adulthood.
… Marcus bullock, 6 January, 2016 - 1:33am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks much, Marcus.
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… Ron Hemberger, 6 January, 2016 - 6:59pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Jumping Spiders.
… Ben Coulter, 12 February, 2011 - 12:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Ben
At the time I shot this, there were many around, here and on Bug Guide as well.
… Ron Hemberger, 12 February, 2011 - 5:08pm login or register to post comments

 
adults?
Have you run across any adult Phidippus in that area?
… Ben Coulter, 12 February, 2011 - 6:07pm login or register to post comments

 
I haven't, but I believe Peter Bryant did.
I'd guess this one is a match; there are others at the website.

http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/spiders/Phidippus%20californicus.htm
… Ron Hemberger, 12 February, 2011 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

I'm guessing Phidippus on this one.
Any yeas or nays?
… Ron Hemberger, 24 January, 2011 - 7:05pm login or register to post comments

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