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Adult male - Phidippus johnsoni - male
Copyright © 2013 Kyron Basu

Adult male - Phidippus johnsoni - Male
Cowichan Valley, British Columbia, Canada
June 28, 2013
Size: ~11mm body length
Found on the deck. These guys are all over the place right now. Playing "peek-a-boo" from around branches and in the garden foliage seems to be one of their favorite pastimes.

I think this is a Phidippus johnsoni since I've found them in the same area before. He defeated my current arsenal of tricks for getting a good ventral palp angle though. Hopefully there's enough in these images for confirmation.

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Contributed by Kyron Basu on 30 June, 2013 - 7:22pm
Last updated 1 July, 2013 - 12:20am

ID from Rod Crawford
"You got enough of the Phidippus embolus to make it johnsonii for sure. The only other species possible in western BC would be clarus."

Moved from Jumping Spiders.
… Kyron Basu, 1 July, 2013 - 12:20am login or register to post comments

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I may be wrong, but the palp of P. cryptus (ventral view) is very similar.

… John Sloan, 30 June, 2013 - 7:46pm login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks for pointing that out! It does look similar... I'll ask Rod Crawford about it and see what he thinks.
… Kyron Basu, 30 June, 2013 - 8:20pm login or register to post comments

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