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Phidippus adumbratus? - Phidippus nikites -

Figueroa Mountain, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
December 11, 2010
Size: body ~1.5cm

Found under rock in grassland; no pattern on back

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Phidippus adumbratus? - Phidippus nikites - female

Phidippus adumbratus? - Phidippus nikites - female

Contributed by Alice Abela on 8 January, 2011 - 7:47pm
Last updated 3 November, 2013 - 12:01pm

Moved

Moved from Phidippus.

… Ken Schneider, 3 November, 2013 - 12:01pm

Gorgeous

I suspect this to be P. nikites. Looks like a female P. apacheanus, but being in California means that it should be P. nikites. This is from the distribution maps in the Revision of this genus.

… Don Cadle, 2 November, 2013 - 3:17pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… Ken Schneider, 11 January, 2011 - 1:22pm

Nice Shot!

Nice shot, considering unless they're eating, they don't care to sit for portraits. Personally, I think jumping spiders are just too cool, in both looks and behavior, not to mention their incredible predatory skills

… Robert Lord Zimlich, 9 January, 2011 - 3:52pm

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