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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Phidippus » purpuratus group (Phidippus purpuratus group) » Phidippus purpuratus
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Jumping (?) Spider with larval prey - Phidippus purpuratus
Copyright © 2013 Cathy Nowak

Jumping (?) Spider with larval prey - Phidippus purpuratus
Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area, Union County, Oregon, USA
July 19, 2013
This spider with its prey was on basin wildrye in a relatively dry grassland habitat.
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Contributed by Cathy Nowak on 19 July, 2013 - 4:24pm
Last updated 18 December, 2023 - 8:12pm

Moved
Moved from Phidippus.
… Don Cadle, 18 December, 2023 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Jumping Spiders.
… Chad Heins, 25 March, 2020 - 8:56am login or register to post comments

We looked for the black caterpillar
with purple marks you talked about last night, but don't see it in your file. Will look some more
… john and jane balaban, 26 June, 2015 - 5:59pm login or register to post comments

 
caterpillar image
John,It must not have loaded for some reason the first try. It is hard to get an ID when the photo doesn't show up :-( I actually did it this time. Thanks for the nudge.
… Cathy Nowak, 27 June, 2015 - 4:58pm login or register to post comments

I think
this might be a female Phidippus purpuratus or the similar P. borealis.
… Chad Heins, 21 April, 2015 - 8:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 14 August, 2013 - 9:18pm login or register to post comments

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