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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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Jumping Spider - Phidippus audax - male
Copyright © 2010 Stephen M. Kelly

Jumping Spider - Phidippus audax - Male
Salisbury, Maryland, USA
October 7, 2010
Size: .75-1"
I think it might be a "Daring Jumping Spider", species Phidippus audax, however at this size I thought it should have more white markings (Audubon guide says that the juvies have orange markings, adults white). This one was very large for a jumping spider, and the markings were quite orange, not very white.
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Contributed by Stephen M. Kelly on 17 October, 2010 - 8:13pm
Last updated 16 August, 2018 - 10:27am

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… Lynette Elliott, 18 October, 2010 - 9:29am login or register to post comments

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… Lynette Elliott, 18 October, 2010 - 9:28am login or register to post comments

Nice!
Audubon is not exactly the best guide for insects, since they may use old pictures and don't update literature very often. Spiders of the North Woods is my favorite, though technically for the Great Lakes region, it does share a lot of your species. Spiders of Eastern North America is a great guide too, though more expensive.

Jumping Spiders of many species can be quite variable, even within sexes. I would agree that this may be Phidippus audax, which is known in the guide as Bold Jumping Spider.
… Cassie Novak, 17 October, 2010 - 8:22pm login or register to post comments

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